Malaysian government has taken a great step, as national service is compulsory in 2004. Teenagers who are 18-year-old next year will be chosen randomly for national service. However, I think that some alteration is still needed in this process.
Nowadays, many countries around the globe have compulsory national service. Generally, national service is good for everybody. However, some may not will to go. Since the government chooses the members for national service, there are some who are not preferred to take place in it. On the other hand, there are individual which are too interested in national service. So, it would be better if the government give preference to who are really interested so that they"ll work harder. Thus, public outlook should be considered in this contemporary democratic society.
National service can bring many advantages to the community and also for the nation. First and foremost, it can help bring unity among different races especially in Malaysia. There will be a close contact among each other during their training period. Therefore, national service can also play a main role in bringing unity among citizens.
Moreover, national service also is the way to get disciplined. As everybody knew, national service training is very hard and strict in discipline. Throughout the training, they will learn to be punctual and manage their time properly. In addition, they will also learn to live independently. As a result, national service can also be a disciplinary tool to someone who participates in it.
Last but not least, through constant and dedicated training, national service can make an individual healthy, both physically and mentally. Training can be helpful for their physical fitness whereas, their independent life and time keeping attitude are helpful for their mental maturity. So, besides being discipline, national service also make a person healthy.
To put all in one, national service serves more advantages than disadvantages since it can change a person to be disciplined, healthy and learns positive moral values.
