Are there alot of malays at BMTC?
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Hi all i am just curious because i am a malay
and i know there are alot of chinese ppl so how many malays are there
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u seem to have a lot to ask about BMT life, why not post all your questions here in this thread 'Frequently Asked Questions for those who are going to enlist' instead of creating so many threads...
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=53849 -
ok
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Don't worry as during my time in Tekong there are only 3 Malay guys in my platoon but all races integrated together.
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I had two malay guys in my BMT platoon. Come to think of it, they were not very religious. In fact, one of them told me that I could "give him anything as long as I don't tell him what it is..."
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yeah that is some sort true but .....
Dun purposly gib him pork and tell its chicken
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from my experience the number of different races in BMT is very close to what it is on mainland,
that is to say... about 80-85% are chinese, 5-10% malays, the rest other races.
Usually there wun be more than 10 indians in a company.
malays usually number about 15-25 per company.
for your info, there are 180-200 people per BMT company. -
i'm now currently at bmtc school 1. there are no malays in my platoon of 50 people, 48 chinese & 2 indians. in the entire company, there are about 18 malays from other platoons.
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My understanding is that proportionally more Malays used to do their national service more with SCDF or the old SBMT. Nothing insidious, but more of a case of allocating appropriate vocations. The old SBMT became BMTC School 2 under the revised system, & forseeably more Malays will wind up there, though I'm not updated on whether they train for service vocations as much as formerly. Many of these old vocations appeared to have been made either redundant or are outscored to the civilian world.
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Yup, my BMT, units all have significant number of Malay
not to mention the number who are officers too... -
No wonder my company have so little Malays...... BTW I was from School 1 last time..........Originally posted by Moxie:My understanding is that proportionally more Malays used to do their national service more with SCDF or the old SBMT. Nothing insidious, but more of a case of allocating appropriate vocations. The old SBMT became BMTC School 2 under the revised system, & forseeably more Malays will wind up there, though I'm not updated on whether they train for service vocations as much as formerly. Many of these old vocations appeared to have been made either redundant or are outscored to the civilian world. -
so i will be likely ending up in BMT school 2?
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yeah....maybe u will be some of the lucky guy who will go in army instead of scdf or spfOriginally posted by SerialBox:so i will be likely ending up in BMT school 2?
congrat -
my company got no muslims at alll
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But Can u transfer to saf from scdf if u want?
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so i will be likely ending up in BMT school 2?
Totally unfamiliar with Police NSFs, so I'm guessing School 1 or perhaps SCDF if you're PES A/B - odds are with the former if you've got more than O Levels as well. But then I can't confirm if the revised system adheres to the same enlistment philosophy of old. Maybe the SAF has changed policies - I dunno.
The old system was such that ITD ("Infantry Training Depot) Camp 1 & 3 in Tekong were for the Air Levels & Poly people, i.e. 2.5-year combat conscripts even if they don't end up in OCS or SAFINCOS. SMBT in Nee Soon Camp was for the service enlistees as well as some O Level people, i.e. 2-year conscripts.
[ITD & SBMT became BMTC School 1 & School 2 respectively when reorganized.]
That's not to say Malay NSFs were repressively segregated in the service, cuz there was/is a further "bottom-tier" of conscriptees which they were largely excluded from, i.e. the mono-intake peng. Of course, some part of it was due to the fabled ISD screening of appropriate combat appointees, but a pro-establishment Malay friend of mine chose to view things positively: according to him at least Malay soldiers end up learning more civilian-employable trade than their mono-intake Hokkien peng, be it a driving license or fire/rescue skills.
In any case, they all come together, via various vocations, to contribute in an active SAF unit. If you think about it, the "Tekong route" isn't all it cracked out to be. Who really has more prestige - the Tekong-trained CPL signaller/kopi boy for a divisional MAJ, or the mono-intake PFC Guardsman who's past of a Best Unit team? -
So if i take the Ite policy scheme and sign on after army i could be in army rather than civil defence or wad...
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wait a sec, there might be very few malay recruits in BMTC, but there's a lot of malay sergeants and officers! my PS, SecCom, OC, 2IC are malay!
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u prefer malay officers or chinese or indians?
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For me, I have no preferences on that.Originally posted by SerialBox:u prefer malay officers or chinese or indians?
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of course chinese lah!
easiler to talk to mah!
my that time malay PS very fierce...
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malay sergent and officer all fierce fierce like me if i get to become officer
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as long as he is a good officer i dun mind..Originally posted by SerialBox:u prefer malay officers or chinese or indians?
NCC
ive seen my chinese platoon seargent doing tekan me like siao..LOL..
make me suffer like shlt. last time do push up until i almost die
malay ps more better because they always give me alot of breaks..
so when with them..damn shiok..
no need to do any stuffs..just slack =D
shiok right???
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But I have to say that times has changed -- More Malays are getting to A or Dip levels unlike in the past where the Malays are mainly uneducated.
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I did mention that to him too, but he just repeated his line...Originally posted by SerialBox:yeah that is some sort true but .....
Dun purposly gib him pork and tell its chicken 