MEDICAL REPORTS OF NATIONAL SERVICEMEN (Recognition)
Parliament of Singapore · 30 August 1990 · 7th Parliament
Official Report, 30 August 1990, Vol 56, Issue 6 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
[Mr Speaker in the Chair]
The following Question stood in the name of Mr Chiam See Tong -
Mr Chiam See Tong: To ask the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence why the Singapore Armed Forces do not recognise a medical report prepared by a Government doctor other than a SAF doctor in relation to National Servicemen.
Mr S. Chandra Das (Cheng San GRC): Question No. 1, Sir.
The Second Minister for Defence (Services) (BG Lee Hsien Loong) (for the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence): Mr Speaker, Sir, on behalf of my Minister.
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) recognises medical certificates and medical reports issued by registered general practitioners and specialists in both Government and private practice. However, to maintain military discipline, the SAF reserves the right to review the medical condition of the servicemen concerned for fitness for military duties.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 30 August 1990. Republished on SGParliament.