facebookIn light of DPM Heng's ministerial statement, do you think the size of Singapore national reserves should be disclosed? Is it a matter of national security or should Singaporeans have a right to know? - Seedly

Anonymous

24 Aug 2020

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In light of DPM Heng's ministerial statement, do you think the size of Singapore national reserves should be disclosed? Is it a matter of national security or should Singaporeans have a right to know?

Chanced upon this article while researching on the national reserves of SG (https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/size-of-r...). "In response, Mr Singh said the WP seeks figures on the reserves because "when the Government introduces policies where reserves have to be employed, the question we have to ask ourselves is, is it enough, or is it too much... or is it too little."" Any thoughts?

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Dionysius Ang

18 Aug 2020

Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University

I believe that only key personnel should be made aware of our reserves. This is so that we don't put all our cards on the table.

Revealing everything would cause our position to be really vulnerable.

Han Jinyuan Larry

18 Aug 2020

SwimSafer 2.0 Instructor & Assessor at SWIMWITHUS

No country in the world have ever release to public how many fighter aircraft, how many submarines, how many tanks, how many of anything, how much they spend on what.

If the Government were to make public of the reserve amounts, hostile countries can make targetted a...

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