SINGAPORE — National servicemen have over 6,000 outlets to spend their S$100 NS50 recognition vouchers, the Defence Ministry (Mindef) announced on Thursday (May 18).
Besides the likes of supermarkets like Giant, and restaurants like Jack’s Place, Singapore Airlines and ezbuy are among the merchants who accept the vouchers. The list of merchants span the food and beverage, shopping and lifestyle, IT and telco, travel and leisure, as well as entertainment sectors.
The vouchers are part of a recognition package to mark 50 years of National Service (NS50).
Besides the vouchers, the package includes one year complimentary SAFRA or HomeTeamNS membership for full-time national servicemen (NSF) who are serving or have served operationally ready NS (NSmen), and a complimentary five-year PAssion Card membership. Registration for the PAssion Card has to be done separately.
The distribution to more than one million former and current national servicemen will be conducted in phases starting from mid-May, Mindef said.
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All NSFs, and NSmen who are existing SAFRA or HomeTeamNS members, will receive their packages by mail.
Non-members will have to wait for their notification letters, which will be sent out from late July, before they can go online to register for their packages. They will have to register by June next year, and the vouchers are valid for use till Dec 31 next year.
Details of the participating merchants can be found at http://www.mindef.gov.sg/NS50/merchantlist.html, http://www.safra.sg/ns50faq and http://www.hometeamns.sg/aboutns50/#perks.
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