Pianist paid fine and returns home after 28 years
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Because SAF needs their services urgently. If not, nobody to treat wounded or ill troops.Originally posted by the Bear:uhh.. how come the doctors get to do their NS after they become doctors? -
funny. i just visited one of ford's technical plants. We had a short talk where they talked about changing the way they operate. Returns of scale dictates that after a certain period of growth, inflexibility begains to hamper efficiency on a production line.Originally posted by iveco:Inflexibility exists at all levels of all departments. It is the "bedrock" of our nation's "efficiency". -
cheap MOs.. employing a regular doc is an expensive matter~ considering how many medical centres SAF have.. regular pay, bonus, route of advancement etc. Converting to monthly or yearly terms, tats a lot of money wor~Originally posted by the Bear:uhh.. how come the doctors get to do their NS after they become doctors?
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because we need medical officers in the SAF, we don't need pianists.Originally posted by the Bear:uhh.. how come the doctors get to do their NS after they become doctors?
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opps. looks like everyone could answer that one.
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what's new man..Originally posted by HENG@:because we need medical officers in the SAF, we don't need pianists. -
maybe the bear just woke up.
he is not in the right frame of mind. -
Originally posted by HENG@:funny. i just visited one of ford's technical plants. We had a short talk where they talked about changing the way they operate. Returns of scale dictates that after a certain period of growth, inflexibility begains to hamper efficiency on a production line. Sheer irony.Hopefully our leaders can learn something from it..
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wah. what u mean by that?Originally posted by dragg:maybe the bear just woke up.
he is not in the right frame of mind. -
then here's the thing i would like to ask
if there was flexibility, would he have run away anyway? -
we singaporeans always believe in one thing..Originally posted by the Bear:then here's the thing i would like to ask
if there was flexibility, would he have run away anyway?
Whether can or not, Always try ur luck by asking first! -
Don't think so.His motivation was his career..if they could accommodate him like how Korea accommodated their World Cup team and let them enlist in their late 20s and serve for a year, i don't see why.Originally posted by the Bear:then here's the thing i would like to ask
if there was flexibility, would he have run away anyway?
We have to get out of this mindset that the Army is the only way to channel our human resources efficiently.I'd rather see e.g some pianists that can play in an internationally renown orchestra than be enlisted as clerks or storemen, feeling bitter and suffering from depression.
I've seen some cases for myself involving talented people.And it's sad. -
very probably not. if they allowed him to start his career 1st, and then when he's established, to return, he probably would. his main reason for not returning after establishing his career was because he was fearful of the risk of being jailed. Nobody in his right mind would want to waste their youth sitting in a jail cell. So if there wasn't the risk of a jail sentence sitting over his head, I'd say he would have returned to serve. As it is, it was the 70s, things were even more draconian and inflexible then. So circumstances being what they were, what happened happened.Originally posted by the Bear:then here's the thing i would like to ask
if there was flexibility, would he have run away anyway? -
the flexibility was unexpected.Originally posted by the Bear:then here's the thing i would like to ask
if there was flexibility, would he have run away anyway? -
no way. singaporeans always believe in doing 1st n not hoping to be caught, and if caught, trying your luck later n hoping u wun be punished.Originally posted by binZ:we singaporeans always believe in one thing..
Whether can or not, Always try ur luck by asking first! -
hopefully.Originally posted by LazerLordz: Sheer irony.Hopefully our leaders can learn something from it..
economies of scale u understand? -
There are those who can perform heliborne strike for their NS, there are some who can manage and troubleshoot MIS for Army Systems, there are some who can be great decoders and modulators..
and there are those whose talents are better served for our country in a different way.How is that detrimental to the nation?it's not as if everyone is a pianist, so the critical force requirement of the SAF will still be at a high level. -
Enough to pass my A levels Econs..Originally posted by HENG@:hopefully.
economies of scale u understand?
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We are not under heavy threat from Malaysia .
Give or take , it's only 1 person
i wouldn't want him in the SAF anyway.
I rather have a foreign singaporean who will come back to singapore and fight .
instead of a singaporean who serves NS and drop his weapons in the time of a war. -
hi.. u cant say it that way.. for Korea, at that point of time, those players are already national players.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Don't think so.His motivation was his career..if they could accommodate him like how Korea accommodated their World Cup team and let them enlist in their late 20s and serve for a year, i don't see why.
We have to get out of this mindset that the Army is the only way to channel our human resources efficiently.I'd rather see some pianists that can play in an internationally renown orchestra than be enlisted as clerks or storemen, feeling bitter and suffering from depression.
I've seen some cases for myself.And it's sad.
for that guy, prior to that, he got no achievements.. he just one young punk that just graduated and being offered an opportunity..
Flexibility only occurs when those individuals have already proven themselves, or else high probability in which they are highly talented individuals in their own field..
Or else.. all of us can claimed we are good mah.. must have some basis for this flexibility, right?
my two cents!
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in fact if we want some people to be punished, it should be those white horses who graduate from bmt without effort, who go to OCS when they don't deserve it, who get a commission when they shouldn't, and who get cushy administrative appointments after commissioning when they really don't deserve it.Originally posted by LazerLordz:There are those who can perform heliborne strike for their NS, there are some who can manage and troubleshoot MIS for Army Systems, there are some who can be great decoders and modulators..
and there are those whose talents are better served for our country in a different way.How is that detrimental to the nation?it's not as if everyone is a pianist, so the critical force requirement of the SAF will still be at a high level. -
haha.. tats another aspect i failed to mention lah~~~ But since u mention it for me already~~ then good lah..Originally posted by HENG@:no way. singaporeans always believe in doing 1st n not hoping to be caught, and if caught, trying your luck later n hoping u wun be punished. -
why call him a young punk?Originally posted by binZ:hi.. u cant say it that way.. for Korea, at that point of time, those players are already national players.
for that guy, prior to that, he got no achievements.. he just one young punk that just graduated and being offered an opportunity..
Flexibility only occurs when those individuals have already proven themselves, or else high probability in which they are highly talented individuals in their own field..
Or else.. all of us can claimed we are good mah.. must have some basis for this flexibility, right?
my two cents!
1) i dun think he is a punk.
2) i dun like seeing the word "punk" used in degrading sense, because what have punks done to u to deserve that sort of biasedness? -
Originally posted by LazerLordz:Enough to pass my A levels Econs..
me too. -
the basis of this is if you are rich or talented you have your way.
if you have none you can only whine.
thats what we are here to do.