advantage of disadvantage of NS
Question
Why did the Malaysian Government introduce National Service?
Discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of National Service.
Which do you support? Why?
Contents
1. Introduction
:
page 2
2. Advantages versus Disadvantages
:
page 3 to 6
3. Discussion
:
page 7
4. Conclusion
:
page 7
5. Appendix A: Summary of Major Incidents
:
page 8
6. Appendix B: Newspaper Cutting on a Coma Case
:
page 9
7. Appendix C: A General Time Table of PLKN
:
page 10
8. Appendix D: Budgets of PLKN 2004-2007
:
page 10
9. Appendix E: Distribution of PLKN‟s Camps
:
page 11
10. Appendix F: Pictures of Activities in PLKN
:
page 11 - 17
11. References
:
page 18
1
INTRODUCTION
Malaysian National Service Training Program, which is known Program Latihan Khidmat Negara
(PLKN) in Malay, is our country‟s national service, which was first proposed in the year of 2001.
In the following year, on the 30th of October, the Cabinet has finally agreed to establish a Cabinet
Committee on National Service, which is chaired by the Minister of Defense to investigate matters related to legislation, curriculum, facilities and financial provisions necessary for implementation of National Service Training Program (quoted from PLKN‟s official website).
As PLKN was first proposed, the target group was to be all teenagers who have just taken their
SPM, or are 18 years old in the year of 2004, however, due to lack of resources and insufficient infrastructure facilities, the target group was then narrowed down to about 20 percent of the original number, chosen randomly through a computerized process. It is also notable that the program was originally planned as a two-year-program, but due to the mentioned reasons, it was later reduced to one year, then to half a year, and eventually ended up to its present three-monthlength. Following are the objectives of the program as published officially by
Why did the Malaysian Government introduce National Service?
Discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of National Service.
Which do you support? Why?
Contents
1. Introduction
:
page 2
2. Advantages versus Disadvantages
:
page 3 to 6
3. Discussion
:
page 7
4. Conclusion
:
page 7
5. Appendix A: Summary of Major Incidents
:
page 8
6. Appendix B: Newspaper Cutting on a Coma Case
:
page 9
7. Appendix C: A General Time Table of PLKN
:
page 10
8. Appendix D: Budgets of PLKN 2004-2007
:
page 10
9. Appendix E: Distribution of PLKN‟s Camps
:
page 11
10. Appendix F: Pictures of Activities in PLKN
:
page 11 - 17
11. References
:
page 18
1
INTRODUCTION
Malaysian National Service Training Program, which is known Program Latihan Khidmat Negara
(PLKN) in Malay, is our country‟s national service, which was first proposed in the year of 2001.
In the following year, on the 30th of October, the Cabinet has finally agreed to establish a Cabinet
Committee on National Service, which is chaired by the Minister of Defense to investigate matters related to legislation, curriculum, facilities and financial provisions necessary for implementation of National Service Training Program (quoted from PLKN‟s official website).
As PLKN was first proposed, the target group was to be all teenagers who have just taken their
SPM, or are 18 years old in the year of 2004, however, due to lack of resources and insufficient infrastructure facilities, the target group was then narrowed down to about 20 percent of the original number, chosen randomly through a computerized process. It is also notable that the program was originally planned as a two-year-program, but due to the mentioned reasons, it was later reduced to one year, then to half a year, and eventually ended up to its present three-monthlength. Following are the objectives of the program as published officially by