8 May 2026
[08/05, 12:52 pm] ☸️ Danny 心: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS9G5mWno/
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WP Kenneth Tiong suggest paying NSF $1,800 a month as minimum wages like regular pay.
@Babe:1. WP Kenneth Tiong want Government to pay the minimum salary to NS man $1,800 - which is essentially transforming our conscription into regular army with regular pay.
2. No small countries can afford a regular army of strength 300,000 servicemen = 300,000 x $1,800 x 12 months = a whopping $6.48 billion every year just to pay the NS.
3. This will take out a big chunk of the SAF budget to buy weapons, maintain weapons, do R&D, keep all the 4 services function effectively, training, overseas exercise, maintain overseas bases etc - to ensure Singapore has an effective SAF fighting forces.
4. In other words, this opposition MP suggestion - will have make our SAF less effective in ensuring a effective fighting force with less effective weapons, less budget for training, reduce training hours, maintain weapons to become operational, less flying hours etc to defend our Countries.
It pose an existential threat to Singapore.
5. As MP, does he have strategic depth when making suggestion in Parliament - without resorting to populist policy just to woo votes - but pose a great threat to the Country?
@Babe:---
1. NS men unlike other jobs - are given full time accomodation to live in barracks (Mon - Fri) except weekends when they book out - they don't need to pay rent, house loans etc.
2. NS men are given 4 meals everyday (commercial caterers) - breakfast, lunch, dinner, night snacks.
3. NS men are given full clothings, footwear, bags etc - no need to buy clothes, running shoes, T-shirts, short pants, full packs, ali-baba bags etc
4. NS men don't need to pay electricity, water for bathing, charging handphone to surf internet etc.
5. NS men only pay public transport during book out time and book in time.
6. If sick, see doctors (MO - Medical Officers) are free.
7. Half of the expenses are taken care off by the SAF - hence cannot justify the needs for a minimum wages of $1,800 a month.
Workers outside don't have such special privileges, perks and services - that will have easily cover more than half of the $1,800 if a worker with minimum is on their own.
8. DId this WP MP take into account of this - and include in his calculation when making comments in Parliament?
9. Besides, performing National Service is a sacred duty that is a responsibilities of all male Singaporeans - without the Country, we have no home, no peace, no prosperity, and we cannot protect our loved ones.
Does WP MP reflect on this?
@Babe:Do you know why many countries cannot afford a regular standing Army to defend their countries?
Because it is too expensive and will burn a big hole in their defense budget, albeit their fiscal budget - and leave with very little to finance their social and economic needs.
That's why countries have to turn to conscription by paying allowance.
Else our soldiers will have to use their salaries to fight advanced weapons thrown by enemies without effective weapons to counter them.
This is simple math.
Why doesn't this WP MP cannot see this and instead focus in winning votes while putting our NS boys at risk?
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[14/5/2026 4:52 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Even rich countries like Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan, Israel, South Korea etc cannot afford a regular army pay - but have to depend on conscription army that pay NS allowance not regular pay.
[14/5/2026 4:56 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Then our army boy got to go out to fight the army that shoot ballistic missiles on us - and we only got money to buy bullets to shoot the ballistic missiles down instead of air defence missiles - because a big chunk of money is in your pocket.
Or our soldiers catch the ballistic missiles with their bare hands.
[14/5/2026 5:01 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Approximately 64 countries currently use conscription (mandatory military service), with another 8 employing selective conscription and 13 having it authorized for emergencies, totaling over 80 nations with mandatory or standby enrollment. Active systems are prevalent in parts of Asia, Africa, and a growing number of European nations, including Russia, South Korea, Israel, and recently, returning to nations like Lithuania and Sweden. [1 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44646267), 2 (http://chartsbin.com/view/1887?mobile-app=true&theme=false), 3 (https://en.tempo.co/read/1801069/10-countries-with-compulsory-military-services)]
@Babe:Throughout all his Parliament speeches, Kenneth Tiong is all about how to dig more and more into the fiscal budget to pay more for this and more for that.
I have not come across making constructive suggestions how to bring in more money for Singapore.
He think Singapore money fall from the sky.
@Babe:He will bankrupt Singapore coffer very quickly.
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[14/5/2026 4:43 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
To defend our Homeland, our loved ones.
This is a deserving sacrifice.
It is our sacred duty.
[14/5/2026 4:44 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Rather than become a war slavery eg under Japanese occupation - whereby we don't even have chance to take up weapons to fight our aggressor.
As they kill our ancestors, rape our women, burn our houses and our ancestors live like a slaves.
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Eg. of how Kenneth Tiong and WP MPs will bankrupt Singapore coffer in record time :
1. Propose $1,800 per month - $6.48 billion every year just to pay the NS.
2. Propose removing the cap limit of 6% for CPF interest payment ---- how many billions is Kenneth Tiong expected the Government to pay?
3. Tap more NIRC for fiscal budget to replace GST hike of 2% - many billions.
4. Translate limited land sales to be used as recurrent government expenditures - don't know how many billions and soon Government run out of lands to build BTO for the younger generations.
5. Advocate nationalisation of public transport - take taxpayers money to fund public transport, charge nominal public fares --- how many billions does WP want to burn into Singapore reseerves?
6. Proposed cutting or removing of fuel and diesel fuel - this will accelerate the depletion of diesel usage and diesel reserves will run dry very quickly - and the diesel fuel tax are funded by the rest of the taxpayers who are not driving. How many billions WP intend to dig from the Government budget?
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