PES review by SAF will better match roles with NSmen’s abilities: Observers

The review, will allow servicemen to possibly take on front-line, operational vocations they were previously ruled out from. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Classified non-combat-fit due to a mild cardiovascular condition, university student Ong Li Han was initially posted in 2018 to a signals support vocation, before being recruited to the army's pioneer batch of mobile app developers.

He picked up skills relevant to his passion and current field of study in computer science.

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