He was visiting the Basic Military Training Centre on Pulau Tekong.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong running with SAF recruits at the Basic Military Training Centre at Pulau Tekong on Aug 27, 2024.
PM Wong thanked his audience for “stepping forward and making this contribution and sacrifice for Singapore”. It was PM Wong’s first visit to BMTC – which is on Pulau Tekong, off the coast of Singapore’s north-eastern shore – since taking office in May. He said of his own basic military training : “I did mine here in Tekong too, more than 30 years ago. In 1991 it was a very different national service.
He was referring to the 2.4 kilometre run, which is part of the standard fitness test national servicemen and schoolchildren take.
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