Wah tyhis topic very debatable sia... altho i myself nvr see the actual news but i heard it over the tv while playing games. Bear with my lengthy story here.

From a normal person who hasn't gone tru NS b4 will consider him as a very romantic guy. He's kinda lucky to have propsed in front of the whole nation on national tv and also it was the last yr that the stadium will be around. Good memorable proposal. From a girl's point of view, she couldn't possibly ask more, a CPT earns quite alot in SAF, so future is secured. Proposal of marriage such a memorable 1, hard to reject. That CPT certainly has a win-win situation here under his control. Yes true that he displayed a good leadership by setting an example of getting married fast to have kids which is what those guys in white has always been promoting.
Now here comes the bad part of the proposal. How come only recruits are affected by the wearing uniform no holding hands or kissing in public? Apart from the rank difference, aren't recruits also wearing the SAF uniform? or are they wearing some kind of alien uniform that makes them different from others? To most guys in the SAF serving BMT now, will start to wonder if the "unwritten rule" exists in the 1st place or not. I do not think recruits as the lowest life form on this earth but i do admit they stink whenever they book out. Guys u all were recruits once, so does that mean u were also the lowest life form on this earth??? kinda funny hearing some1 scolding himself that u know.
back to the CPT. Such high risk he is taking might get him in trouble. He might get demoted on 1 hand but wins a wife on the other. He might be charged to detention for not respecting the uniform especially N-day.
After this incident, some ppl might envy him, some might congratulate him, some might even hate him. But for all i know its takes alot of guts to pull that kind of stunt and for that i salute him as a man. but risking his career over a proposal, this is an act of stupidity. Never go tru any deep thoughts. i might not know if he has alrdy discussed this over with the commanding officers on this stunt. Well if he hasn't, lets wish him good luck that nth bad will happen to him ba.