RIP: BMTC Recruit Andrew Cheah Wei Siong - 10 June 2008
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Statement by Minister for Defence Mr Teo Chee Hean in Response to Parliamentary Question on Compensation
MINDEF has a framework for compensation which provides for fair and reasonable compensation for a serviceman who suffers injury or death which is attributable to service. Let me explain the various components of this framework. First, the SAF (Pensions) Regulations provide for a national serviceman and his family to be compensated in line with the compensation scheme set out in the Workmen’s Compensation Act, which provides for compensation of up to S$111,000 in the event of death. Beyond this, as I informed Parliament at the Committee of Supply debate last year, MINDEF has decided to treat national servicemen on par with regular soldiers for the purpose of compensation. This means that for deaths due to military service, we will provide an additional lump-sum payment of a minimum of one year’s pay for a regular of the same rank. MINDEF can also grant additional compensation where the circumstances merit such additional compensation. And the principles that MINDEF applies in computing the compensation amount are consistent with the legal principles applied by the civil courts in assessing compensation for deaths -
me just found out this guy is my friend's classmate's brother.
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i see his friendster..very sad..RIP
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in friendster, the late army recruit seems to be an introvert;
as compared to the media attention toward the late rsaf regular cadet.
y? status of nsf and regular? status of REC and OCT?
both r polytechnic graduates, education-wise...
or simply the late recruit family choose to be private and out of public eyes and media attention? -
yeah..i mean looking at all the photos..he never smiles...the RSAF cadet's friendster..he looks quite promising
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I am also wondering why Clifton was promoted to 2LT with the RSAF wings, but Andrew is still a REC? Not that it really matters at this point of time since both have passed away.
Nevertheless, I cannot seem to help but feel a sense of preferential treatment here. Not good at all.
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Promote or not, what's the point. The poor boy already dead....
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cant tahan they still play rank with these 2 guys..
i noticed most of the media coverage is towards the OCT?
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Originally posted by 105090:
cant tahan they still play rank with these 2 guys..
i noticed most of the media coverage is towards the OCT?
Even minister only visited e OCT's familyanyway tat cardio thing, if it's VIP's son kena think $500 wun even be mentioned
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too much media attention to the late cadet...
is this nsf recruit's death meaningless? -
Perhaps what the guys say is true.
If you're a NSF, you owe the country.
If you're a regular, the country owes you.
This seems to apply in death too.
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let's not speculate that the media chose to focus their attention on the regular OCT. It very well could be a case of the REC's family wanting more privacy. Afterall, death is a very painful process, it won't be nice to keep seeing your loved one's photos and facts splashed across the daily news.
As forumers and Singaporeans, regardless of whether the passing of a Pilot OCT or a newly enlisted REC, both are sons of SIngapore, and by no means are their death less 'meaninngful'. Let us not be swayed by what the media says, but let us rem, and to many-fondly rem, the good lives they have led.
RIP
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why go dig up the 2 guys friendsters 2 see their photos when they already passed away?
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Originally posted by eac:
Statement by Minister for Defence Mr Teo Chee Hean in Response to Parliamentary Question on Compensation
MINDEF has a framework for compensation which provides for fair and reasonable compensation for a serviceman who suffers injury or death which is attributable to service. Let me explain the various components of this framework. First, the SAF (Pensions) Regulations provide for a national serviceman and his family to be compensated in line with the compensation scheme set out in the Workmen’s Compensation Act, which provides for compensation of up to S$111,000 in the event of death. Beyond this, as I informed Parliament at the Committee of Supply debate last year, MINDEF has decided to treat national servicemen on par with regular soldiers for the purpose of compensation. This means that for deaths due to military service, we will provide an additional lump-sum payment of a minimum of one year’s pay for a regular of the same rank. MINDEF can also grant additional compensation where the circumstances merit such additional compensation. And the principles that MINDEF applies in computing the compensation amount are consistent with the legal principles applied by the civil courts in assessing compensation for deathsthe compensation is extremely pathetic.
the soldiers are not like 50 or 60+, they aren't even in the late 20s. i believe they most likely can earn more than the compensated amount.
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Very sad thing to happen. I was near to Rec Andrew when he fainted and OCT Clifton's my friend's brother.
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OCT Lam also happens to be my poly classmate's brother.
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Anyway RIP to both men who are brothers in arms... Till this point of point,not much of finger-pointing could be done already... If wan to do so,starting is already done yet... Heli-Evac i agree it take a lot of times for the respective dept to agree and sign the paper,but the MO at hand is responsible whether to call for heli-evac or not. For the safety driver,he is also under great stress,he had to speed over 50km/h where else the speed limits at the school is juz 20-30km/h(correct me if i'm wrong,as i have been a recruit in Sch 1 and went back to Tekong for exercises with my unit.) The driver speed and the SWD jump,he also had to write a report why it jump,but for medical cases,it is 'waived' and no punishment will be meted out as the driver is trying his best to save a fellow soldier's life..