37 years served in Arty 44
I supposed the greatest human invention is
the wheel. But some said the greatest invention of mankind is the air
conditioner.
1970-1980, air conditioner was not so popular, and only CO offices
and lecture room for officers had air-conditioner. There was no air conditioner
for other rank lecture rooms, hence, created a lot of morale problems, made
soldiers very unhappy.
I was in 24 SA from 27/10/1975 to 16/10/1978.
Cpt Tan Song Mong had taken over the command baton from Maj Chan Cheow Nam in February
1977.
In 1977, the Singapore Armed Forces launched
a campaign called ‘Save energy’ or ‘Economical Drive’. Cpt Tan Song Mong supported the campaign by leadership by example - he did not switch on the air
conditioner in his office in order to save energy.
Attached is a complaint letter from a
solider.