Forced Labour In Singapore?

• dork3d

  3 Mar 07, 23:20

  Human Rights International failed to acknowledge Singapore as a forced labour free country as their conclusion is that our National Service is a type of forced labour...
• sunny6110

  3 Mar 07, 23:21

  wat if they decide not to pay u at all... then it's not forced labour
• dork3d

  3 Mar 07, 23:40

  Originally posted by sunny6110:

  wat if they decide not to pay u at all... then it's not forced labour

  To Human Rights International, as long as the government makes it mandatory for all male citizens who has reached the age of 17 to be conscripted into the National Service, it's considered as forced labour...
• SingaporeTyrannosaur

  3 Mar 07, 23:50

  Seems like some technicalities to me...
  
  Fact is, even if I was 20 and got into NS... one would still feel it was pretty much forced labor... what difference does age make?
• dork3d

  3 Mar 07, 23:53

  Exactly! It's a kind of forced labour but we are "educated" into understanding that it's for the good of Singapore and create a social cohesiveness and contributions...
• allentyb

  4 Mar 07, 00:01

  i have no idea what TS is talking about? either you hate NS so much that you felt that its so unjust, and you fail to remember that our surrounding are full of Muslim country and you never went on full alert before, i serve my NS during the year 2001 to 2003, that time, i was watching channelnewasia, and suddenly, they were broadcasting the interrupted news about, one airplane crashed into the world trade tower, and i thought to myself, goodness, you must be joking, but i was wrong, i went out of the S1 office, there i saw one of my captain rushing out of ops room, so i ask him this question, recall ah, his reply was ya
  
  So TS, who doesn't know the meaning of serving your country, what do you think?
• OO_OO_OO

  4 Mar 07, 00:13

  this thread is bullshit.
  if not for that 'forced labour', you might not even be sitting comfortably in front of your comp right now.
  
• dork3d

  4 Mar 07, 00:14

  Everyone on Singapore understands the purpose of National Service but on international level, some committee still thinks Singapore has forced labour due to our National Service system... Cos these people don't see the things we see in Singapore, thus having a long termed instilled mndset on our human rights...
• dork3d

  4 Mar 07, 00:17

  Originally posted by OO_OO_OO:

  this thread is bullshit.
  if not for that 'forced labour', you might not even be sitting comfortably in front of your comp right now.

  For your information, me had also given my two and a half years of National Service to the Singapore Armed Forces... And me also dutifully and proudly served my country...
  
  What me trying to say is that on international level, people still mistaken for our National Service committment as a form of forced labour and some local politicians are making this as an issue to attack Singapore's human rights...
• mistyblue

  4 Mar 07, 00:20

  learn how to keng.
• Hogzilla

  4 Mar 07, 00:21

  Originally posted by dork3d:

  Everyone on Singapore understands the purpose of National Service but on international level, some committee still thinks Singapore has forced labour due to our National Service system... Cos these people don't see the things we see in Singapore, thus having a long termed instilled mndset on our human rights...

  I wonder are Taiwan, Israel, South Korea on the list?
• dork3d

  4 Mar 07, 00:23

  Originally posted by Hogzilla:

  I wonder are Taiwan, Israel, South Korea on the list?

  Yes there are also on the list...
• allentyb

  4 Mar 07, 00:24

  Originally posted by dork3d:

  For your information, me had also given my two and a half years of National Service to the Singapore Armed Forces... And me also dutifully and proudly served my country...
  
  What me trying to say is that on international level, people still mistaken for our National Service committment as a form of forced labour and some local politicians are making this as an issue to attack Singapore's human rights...

  ok so? its internationally known fact, we are lacking of human right, let me highlight to you, if you was to sue the state, even you win the case, you will not have any form of compensation at all, do you think its fair, dude its in the new paper.
  
  so whats your point? Conclusion?
  
  
• allentyb

  4 Mar 07, 00:27

  Originally posted by Hogzilla:

  I wonder are Taiwan, Israel, South Korea on the list?

  Israel is the biggest culprit of all, if not for US backing, and their VETO rights, UN might have put sanction on them long time ago,
• hloc

  4 Mar 07, 01:07

  Why even care what Human Rights International thinks...... a group of Ang Mor going around with their ''high idea''...... putting their nose into others business..... tell you how to live ur life.
• fymk

  4 Mar 07, 07:34

  Originally posted by dork3d:

  Human Rights International failed to acknowledge Singapore as a forced labour free country as their conclusion is that our National Service is a type of forced labour...

  They forgot to mention that Sweden also have that type of 'forced labour' against the Russian threat .
• ShutterBug

  4 Mar 07, 08:01

  
  Forced Labour only meh???
  
  It's a farking DICTATED LIFE!!!!
  
  One example among many, would be Forced saving & Welfare = CPF/Medisave.
  
  Can you quote more "forced" policies?
• CM06

  4 Mar 07, 15:13

  force force lah.
  
  My life still go on. I dont care about what they think. You want some stranger to tell you how to live your life meh?
  
  And Shutterbug i know you are "leaving" already ...so chop chop mai tu and go and enjoy yourself.
  
  I have to stay here so i will take the cake and eat the cake.