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Servicing National Service
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June 19, 2004
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New Straits Times
06-19-2004
Servicing National Service
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: Editorial
Type: Editorial
THERE has been considerable anxiety among some over the glitches encountered in the National Service programme. Doubtless, the dour assessment by some critics, including whiners, may be wildly overblown, perhaps wholly unjustified, and even irresponsibly unsubstantiated. Nevertheless, they point to the imperative, as well as the scope, for improvement.
The biggest challenge still remains the need to convince people that national service is worth three months of young Malaysians' increasingly precious time. Hiccups aside, the programme has caught - if not quite fired - the ...
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