50 years on, S’pore’s National Service is now a shared legacy

• Main Author: EUGENE, Tan K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Defense and Security Studies; National Security Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3835; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5793/viewcontent/20170817_BT_Opinion_25_25x38.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan contributed an opinion piece which argued that National Service (NS) provides Singapore with a security umbrella under which economic and commercial ambitions and aspirations can be purposefully pursued. Beyond its primary role as a defence force, NS has imm...