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This Wednesday the 23rd of July, the Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen announced through Facebook that the Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) will be revised to three stations reducing from the current five stations. This announcement was then followed by a media briefing in which the Chief of Army, Major-General Perry Lim; Assistant General Chief of Staff (Training), Colonel Ng Ying Tong; and Director, National Service Affairs, Brigadier-General (NS) Tung Yu Fai, answered questions on the changes.
“The main aim was really to have a simpler format that they can train for. That is the main aim,” said the Chief of Army. The new format of IPPT will consist of three stations that include the 2.4km run, sit-ups, and a new discipline that is familiar to all the National Servicemen: Push-ups. The new IPPT format will be implemented SAF-wide, for regulars and NSFs as well as NSmen, from April 1, 2015. The Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday the Home Team, consisting of the police and Singapore Civil Defence Forces, will adopt the new format in 2015 according to details by Channel News Asia.
“A pilot implementation of the new IPPT format will take place from September to November this year. We are looking at around 10 to 12 active units and up to eight NS units who are returning to camp for their In-Camp Training during this period. So we will try to cover servicemen from across all age bands, vocations and gender,” said MG Lim.
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