Interesting Military History about Singaporeans
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Has anyone here heard of Tan Kay Hai, the Singapore fighter pilot who flew over the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, and Cheng Seang Ho, the 66 year old woman who fought the Japanese invasion in Dalforce?
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no..U happen to have story about them ? come and share with us la...i'm every interested...didn't know there a singaporean involve in D-day...
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read about that fighter pilot b4... suppose to be one of the first few to fly in also... acting as some spotter for the navy arti......involve in alot of real fight b4..
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I'm looking for it too.
Apparently he was a Flight Officer..equal to a 2LT or LTA today.
Did you know the Eurofighters that the RAF flew over was commanded by a Chinese pilot, Wing Commander David Chan i think. -
In Search of A Singapore Martial Tradition
By Associate Professor Kevin Blackburn
Humanities & Social Studies Education (HSSE) Academic Group
National Institute of Education, NTU
Date: 20 May 2005
Time: 1500 - 1630 hrs
Venue: SAFTI Library Briefing Room
The Singapore Armed Forces is perhaps the most modern and one of the youngest forces in Southeast Asia. As a young national defence force, one may ask if there is a martial tradition honouring Singapore military heroes and heroines of the past, and holding them up as models in whose footsteps that the younger generation of servicemen and women can follow. These war heroes include personalities such as Lim Bo Seng in Force 136 and Lieutenant Adnan in the Battle of Kent Ridge.
The recent focus on Tan Kay Hai, the Singapore fighter pilot who flew over the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, and Cheng Seang Ho, the 66 year old woman who fought the Japanese invasion in Dalforce, reveals that there have been Singaporeans who could be sources of inspiration in any attempt to construct a Singapore martial tradition.
Let the speaker share with you on the topic " In search of a Singapore Martial Tradtion".
About the Speaker:
Dr Kevin Blackburn is Associate Professor in History at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He co-ordinates the oral history programme for training Social Studies teachers at the National Institute of Education. He has taught and researched on oral history and the Japanese Occupation since coming to Singapore from Australia in 1993. His most recent publication is co-authored with Karl Hack, Did Singapore Have to Fall? (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004).
Admission is free.
To register, call the library @ 6799 7432 or email [email protected]
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/safti/saftilibrary/viewpoints8.html -
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/safti/saftilibrary/viewpoints8.html
This is the only link i found...need to go for the talk..than will know about it -
those who know chinese can read it from here... it was reported last year....
http://www.zaobao.com/chinese/pages1/chinese_sg310504.html -
Tan Kay Hai (far right)
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His name is David Chan but he is not a chinese.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Did you know the Eurofighters that the RAF flew over was commanded by a Chinese pilot, Wing Commander David Chan i think. -
Eurasian?He's Chinese IMHO..Originally posted by foxtrout8:His name is David Chan but he is not a chinese. -
What's the big deal whether Chinese or not??
We are all human race..
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Take a look at the one on the left, i seriously dun think he is chinese.
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gd 1.... some1 shld hv told hitler tis before he started killing millions of jews for the sake of it & started WWII....Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:What's the big deal whether Chinese or not??
We are all human race.. 
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his nickname in the RAF is Wing Co 'Charlie' Chan ...
a very british joke on a name..
people often forget that theres many sides to the wars that happen - everyone prefers it black and white but its never quite like that.
sadly peopl eforget easily and this information is lost over time, with mistakes destined to be repeated all over again.. -
He could be Chinese from his father's side only.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Eurasian?He's Chinese IMHO.. -
He's Eurasian.
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anyone heard of my's commandos infiltrate into mindef n replace the Singapore flag on the commanding officer's table with a Malaysian flag?
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No,but ive heard of someone called CuteBeat infiltrating a place called Pedra branca and peeing in his pants after seeing RSN warships..Originally posted by CuteBeat:anyone heard of my's commandos infiltrate into mindef n replace the Singapore flag on the commanding officer's table with a Malaysian flag? -
oh that story ar.. ok ok i tell u some insider's news lahOriginally posted by CuteBeat:anyone heard of my's commandos infiltrate into mindef n replace the Singapore flag on the commanding officer's table with a Malaysian flag?
actually... the story is like that..... that time...got a foreign talent from m'sia...working in mindef one...then that morning she kena Fuck by her supervisor lah... after that she tulan lor..so she decided to revenge lor and she change the flag to m'sia one lor....no one saw it lor..and thought some m'sia cdo did that.........no one know about truth for long long till finally she one day eating snake that time.. go tell her good fren who is working there too lor...that is how i know about it lor... coz her good fren is my auntie what... then that foreign talent "cdo" is actually the office cleaner there lor...
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ha..tat's a good one..by the way..the one who swapped the flag is a my's cdo major...Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):oh that story ar.. ok ok i tell u some insider's news lah
actually... the story is like that..... that time...got a foreign talent from m'sia...working in mindef one...then that morning she kena Fuck by her supervisor lah... after that she tulan lor..so she decided to revenge lor and she change the flag to m'sia one lor....no one saw it lor..and thought some m'sia cdo did that.........no one know about truth for long long till finally she one day eating snake that time.. go tell her good fren who is working there too lor...that is how i know about it lor... coz her good fren is my auntie what... then that foreign talent "cdo" is actually the office cleaner there lor...
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wow...office cleaner in m'sia go by army rank one ar?.. here is only junior cleaner or senior cleaner or the highest is toilet cleaner only.... good career development by m'sia sia... we should learn from them... then there will be no more complain about singapore dun want to take cleaner job already..scared no face... hahaa...Originally posted by CuteBeat:ha..tat's a good one..by the way..the one who swapped the flag is a my's cdo major...
cleaner future namecard should look like this
Major Tan ah beng
Cleaning Development Officer (CDO)
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Ur commandos....hu the fark r u......Sultan of malaysia.....Originally posted by CuteBeat:anyone heard of my's commandos infiltrate into mindef n replace the Singapore flag on the commanding officer's table with a Malaysian flag? -
CDO..Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):wow...office cleaner in m'sia go by army rank one ar?.. here is only junior cleaner or senior cleaner or the highest is toilet cleaner only.... good career development by m'sia sia... we should learn from them... then there will be no more complain about singapore dun want to take cleaner job already..scared no face... hahaa...
cleaner future namecard should look like this
Major Tan ah beng
Cleaning Development Officer (CDO) v
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Based on what i know , Some places are out of bounds to a certain group of people.Originally posted by CuteBeat:ha..tat's a good one..by the way..the one who swapped the flag is a my's cdo major...
Another certain group of people couldn't possibly made it to be as a MY-CDO due to some "race" thing.
So that leaves only a certain group of people who could have went in.
But certain group of people , will not be allowed to enter in , due to some political sensitivity.
So nice story for its entertainment value
In conclusion , this story is not possible.