| Title: | Chief of Armed Forces - Kirpa Ram Vij |
| Source: | 100 INSPIRING RAFFLESIANS, 1823-2003 (pp 87-88)
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| Author(s): | Guan Heng Tan
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| Abstract: | Kirpa Ram Vij is Singapore's first Chief of Armed Forces and Brigadier-General. In his 45 years of distinguished public service in Singapore, he has served in the administrative service, the armed forces, foreign service and the national shipping line. He was engaged in action during Indonesia's policy of 'confrontation' against Malaysia and played a leading role in training Singapore's pioneering batch of national servicemen and in transforming our armed forces into the lynchpin of Singapore's national defence. He had intended to be a teacher but he proceeded to the university on the advice of his teacher, which changed the course of his life… |
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