Joseph Schooling Wins Gold in Asian Games 2018!
This boy have talent and he is definitely my national hero because he won our very first Olympic gold medal in Rio 2016, that was a historical moment for me because I always presumed that Singapore will never ever win an Olympic gold and he proved me wrong.
And now he won another gold medal in the Jakarta Asian Games, really super power man, I think he will go on to have stellar achievements in the coming Tokyo games, and MINDEF better don't go and bother him and let him train in peace.
Personally I think there is no need for him to serve his NS, with his achievements he already served the country exceptionally well, that Rio gold medal is the best possible outcome in terms of sports, in all of Singapore's Olympics participation, nothing else will ever come close, and he will go down in history books as Singapore's first Olympic gold medalist.
But unfortunately the Enlistment Act says that NS is basically service in the armed forces (SAF), or other such forces, body or organisation (SCDF, SPF), basically uniformed groups la, so it will be far-fetched to make swimming or sports a national service. Enlistment Act is a statutory law, sibei powerful one but it can be changed if the legislature is willing a.k.a Parliament of Singapore, so maybe one of the MPs can bring it up.
I mean if they put this boy in NS for 2 years doing something totally irrelevant, then 10 years reservist also doing irrelevant things, it will be such a shameful waste of talent. This is something the government should seriously consider.
And now he won another gold medal in the Jakarta Asian Games, really super power man, I think he will go on to have stellar achievements in the coming Tokyo games, and MINDEF better don't go and bother him and let him train in peace.
Personally I think there is no need for him to serve his NS, with his achievements he already served the country exceptionally well, that Rio gold medal is the best possible outcome in terms of sports, in all of Singapore's Olympics participation, nothing else will ever come close, and he will go down in history books as Singapore's first Olympic gold medalist.
But unfortunately the Enlistment Act says that NS is basically service in the armed forces (SAF), or other such forces, body or organisation (SCDF, SPF), basically uniformed groups la, so it will be far-fetched to make swimming or sports a national service. Enlistment Act is a statutory law, sibei powerful one but it can be changed if the legislature is willing a.k.a Parliament of Singapore, so maybe one of the MPs can bring it up.
I mean if they put this boy in NS for 2 years doing something totally irrelevant, then 10 years reservist also doing irrelevant things, it will be such a shameful waste of talent. This is something the government should seriously consider.
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