Mr Shen, 50, told TODAY that he believed Singaporeans are"far-removed" from what war really means and that while doing emergency drills is important, during a crisis people may not behave as they do in a drill.
He has spoken to students, business leaders as well as frontliners from the Singapore Civil Defence Force, among other groups. "When Covid-19 started, people did not expect to have heated arguments with safe-distancing ambassadors," he said. He said he was shocked by the reaction, as the last thing he was interested in was attracting more social media followers.
However, he did say that his talks with young people are akin to providing a metaphorical"bunker" where they could hunker down in a future crisis. While in Poland, Mr Shen felt temporarily safe, but he could not keep his mind off what was happening back in Ukraine.
Absolutely useful and I think Mr Shen is genuinely sincere. He is right. BUT, to start with this word ‘war’ in SG, over the last 2 decades, I am more concerned about the evolving weakening military leadership. They don’t appeared to be ready for real war, but more for politics.
Reality of war is cruel … mankind just never learn anything from history.. history often repeats itself.. 😥😔😔