WH in saf - the telling
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Have you ever wondered if your buddy or another recruit in your platoon was a "white horse"?
To many people it seemed strange that the armed forces would single out a small group of soldiers to make sure that they are treated like everyone else.
And there were widespread suspicion the "white horse" scheme was being abused and these enlistees were actually being given special treatment.
Mr Cedric Foo, Minister of State for Defence, said: "Anywhere in society, there will be people who are more prone to boot-licking, but let me say it is not a quality in the SAF. And no commanders who may misinterprete this system although it doesnt exist now and we don't look too highly upon."
But the Defence Ministry has again defended the "white horse" label.
Especially since in the early days there were more combat-fit soldiers than the army needed.
Mr Foo added: "Some of these combat-fit soldiers would be deployed into non-combat positions. So in order there isn't this perception that sons of influential Singaporeans are posted to these softer options, the SAF went through a long-thought process to define who may influence such NS vocation assignments."
So since the late 1970s, the armed forces had a system to identify and monitor "white horses" based on who their parents were, what jobs they held, and how much they earned.
But just who are these "white horses" and how are they identified? According to a MINDEF directive, there are four categories of "white horses".
Mr Foo said: "They include sons of ministers, members of parliament, ex-ministers, ex-MPs, nominated MPs, ex-NMPs, doctors, senior civil servants like senior SAF officers above the rank of LTC. Or senior police or SCDF officers above the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner and also a big group of people who earn $9,500 a month."
But instead of perks and easier training, the Defence Ministry said there was even greater scrutiny when these "white horses" had to be downgraded for medical reasons.
And there was a rule that "white horses" could not be posted to desk jobs at MINDEF.
Yet the system was scrapped in 2000.
The Defence Ministry said it was just not cost-effective to have a system to track such a small group. - CNA
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so desnu! veri ez to be a WH it seems! -
I simply can't believe it what he is saying about classification of WH
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damn! i was right in my jest of 6 degrees from the Lee Clan or assets > $10million
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? beh liao gai? meh yi si?Originally posted by the Bear:damn! i was right in my jest of 6 degrees from the Lee Clan or assets > $10million -
no one has heard of "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"?
where everyone in Hollywood can be connected to Kevin Bacon by 6 degrees...
here, i was implying the extended Lee Clan or anyone who has favourable dealings with the Lee clan...Originally posted by wuming78:? beh liao gai? meh yi si? -
Cedric Foo is an idiot. I-D-I-O-T. They should be more forthcoming. The rest of singaporeans arn't morons you know? We are not like the malaysias (everything also boleh).
