NATIONAL SERVICE DEFERMENT FOR STUDENTS (Policy)
Parliament of Singapore · 24 March 1988 · 6th Parliament
Official Report, 24 March 1988, Vol 50, Issue 17 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
[Mr Speaker in the Chair]
Encik Wan Hussin bin Hj Zoohri asked the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence (a) whether there has been any change in the policy of deferment for students studying overseas; and (b) how many students have been granted deferment up to the end of 1987 and what were the reasons.
The Second Minister for Defence (Services) (BG Lee Hsien Loong) (for the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence): Mr Speaker, Sir, I am answering on behalf of my Minister.
There has been no change in the policy of deferment for students studying overseas.
In 1987, a total of 14,186 students who were due for enlistment for full-time national service, were deferred. Of these, 124 were on overseas studies; 14,062 were on local studies, broken down into 2,448 on Polytechnic courses, 3,966 on 'A' level courses, 2,700 on 'O' level courses, 2,263 on 'N' level courses and 1,695 on VITB courses.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 24 March 1988. Republished on SGParliament.