“A GOOD son should not join the army,” is a typical Chinese saying in a culture that highly values perpetuating the family lineage. To parents, sons leaving home to join the army is as good as not returning. When I left home to join the army in 1975, my mother cried.
This article lends a voice to the joint effort of the Defence Ministry (Mindef) and the Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (MACVA) to woo Chinese youths to enlist in the armed forces.
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Posted 2 years ago by Citizen Pencen