Don't want to be their plantoon commander

If we make it (NS and Reservist for PR) a requirement, we would not get the people we wanted.

Secondly, if they did serve NS at 30, 40 and 50 years old. I would not like to be their platoon commander. (Today, 16 Sep 09)

- Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Ministerr &
former Brigadier-General of the Singapore Armed Forces

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