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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs (MHA), Teo Chee Hean said this Friday that 2000 more men will be added to the Home Team during the next five years to ensure that the Home Team has resources to deal with evolving challenges. He added that this will allow the Home Team to grow “judiciously and moderately,” during the MHA portion of the Committee of Supply debate.
An aging and more mobile population has placed greater demands on the Home Team, said Mr Teo, noting that the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received 31 per cent more ambulance calls between 2009 and 2014 according to Strait Times. He further added that more people are also travelling for work or leisure as the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) recorded more than 500,000 people passing checkpoints in 2014. “With Changi Airport Terminal 4 and the Rapid Transit System coming into operation, we expect the numbers to grow further in the coming years,” Strait Times quoted the DPM.
He said that to deal with this increasing demand 2000 more officers will be recruited in the next five years, adding that the ministry must provide its officers with opportunities for further studies. “As we rely more on better qualified and trained officers, we will re-structure our Home Team officers’ careers to provide more opportunities to advance into the senior ranks,” he said. “For example, the Police are studying ways to provide more seamless advancement opportunities for their officers.”
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