Come 2023, NS personnel will be able to engage all related services – from the pre-enlistment medical to IPPT – at a new one-stop hub the size of nine football fields. “MINDEF has also decided to build a central facility to better respond to the needs of the NS community,” Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in his Committee of Supply debate speech on Fri. The NS Hub, located opposite Cashew MRT Station at Bukit Panjang, will host medical centres for medical reviews, a fitness conditioning centre for IPPT and an e-Mart for buying NS equipment. The hub will also use technology like facial recognition, automation and analytics to improve visitor experience. The Central Manpower Base at the Depot Road camp, where the pre-enlistment process is conducted, will move to the hub. The vacated building will be repurposed. “The new NS Hub will bring greater convenience to the NS community by acting as a one-stop centre for all NS-related services,” MINDEF said on Fri.... Continue Reading