SG Malay top in Sandhurst,awarded by QEII
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SG Malay Infantry top in Sandhurst
THE OVERSEAS SWORD, awarded to the Overseas Cadet considered by the Commandant to be the best of the intake, was presented to Junior Under Officer Abubakar bin Abdillah Alkatib of Singapore.Junior Under Officer Abubakar bin Abdillah Alkatib grew up and went to school in Singapore. After leaving school he joined the Singapore Army, was selected to attend officer cadet school and was awarded the Silver Bayonet.
He has represented the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst at association football.
He hopes to join the Singapore Infantry.
AbubakarÂ’s father Abdillah was a Major in the Civil Defence Force and his mother, Zainah, teaches English.
The 152nd Sovereign's Parade
Her Majesty the Queen was the Reviewing Officer at the 152nd Sovereign's Parade on Friday 15th December 2006.
course mate of Williams
William graduates from Sandhurst
2.I think SG officer already top in Sandhurst before.Pl post here.
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i think mhcampboy posted it before
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neh mind laa.. old news already.
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Oldie... but nice seeing these pics again...
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ocs + silver bayonet?huh?
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before i ord it was already here.
going to ord, someone post it.
ord already still got people post.
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This is a pretty recent development... perhaps there's a confusion here with another S'pore Malay who was also top Sandhurst cadet last year?
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/publications/cyberpioneer/people/2006/feb06_people.html -
THE OVERSEAS SWORD (awarded to the Overseas Cadet considered by the Commandant to be the best of the intake) was awarded to Junior Under Officer Iskandar bin Abdullah from SingaporeThe 20-year-old out-performed elite officers from countries around the world, including two young princes, and returned with top honours. He was awarded the Overseas Sword of Honour – the last time a Singaporean officer won the Sword of Honour was in 1991. He also won the Brunei War Studies Prize for turning in the best performance in war studies.
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Well done SG Malay boys!!!
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Ah now i get it.. i was a bit confused with the news article...
the first one was... OVERSEAS SWORD and the latter is OVERSEAS SWORD OF HONOUR!
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THE OVERSEAS SWORD appears in Sandhurst for past few years.
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I am more surprised the SAF actually allowed a Malay to take a scholarship and go to Sandhurst and allow him to come into the 2nd/3rd fastest ROA possible.
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wow. sg everything oso first.
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Originally posted by Fingolfin_Noldor:I am more surprised the SAF actually allowed a Malay to take a scholarship and go to Sandhurst and allow him to come into the 2nd/3rd fastest ROA possible.
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You will be surprised how rarely that happens and how many Malay officers we have in the SAF.Originally posted by mhcampboy:
The figure of course I cannot say. -
I know.Originally posted by Fingolfin_Noldor:You will be surprised how rarely that happens and how many Malay officers we have in the SAF.
We discussed abt this many times already...
Another thing is also, not many malays signed on as officers.... and yeah. I think malays will soon rise to be a prominent officer one day...
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Just so happened that I used to do statistics in NS.Originally posted by mhcampboy:I know.
We discussed abt this many times already...
Another thing is also, not many malays signed on as officers.... and yeah. I think malays will soon rise to be a prominent officer one day...
We already have a col...few ltc's... lots of majors and junior officers ard.....
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We would have really moved forward as one nation when SG Malays are fully-integrated into all areas of SAF without discrimination.
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Contrary to popular opinion, no actually, more of it I cannot say.Originally posted by moca:We would have really moved forward as one nation when SG Malays are fully-integrated into all areas of SAF without discrimination. -
why change something that isn't spoilt. the current malay population of singapore has no qualms about the military situation.
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statistic is not my favourite topic n i'm not lucky enough to do stats during ns but the numbers are definitely stacking up for malay overseas sword holders. well done.
we should celebrate any winner... so many congrats to alkatib. i'm sure he deserved the award thru hard work, determination n that something extra. -
Malays are natural officers as they are fit and capable, especially if given the opportunity
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How did you know this?Originally posted by beavan:why change something that isn't spoilt. the current malay population of singapore has no qualms about the military situation. -
Well, it has been pretty obvious for years that you don't have malays in certain vocations, and many are simply siphoned off to the Civil Defence or Police.Originally posted by moca:How did you know this?
Interestingly enough, certain depts in MINDEF have few of the minorities, if any at all. -
well, dun flame me for this
but most singaporeans just want to slack off their NS life, so many would be very happy to just be posted to becoming drivers. maybe malays feel the same way too?