Singapore National Service Allowance Now Payable In ‘Air’ Tokens

The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative to combat inflation amongst the nation’s conscripts: the revolutionary “$350 Inflation Adjustment Token.” This token, redeemable only at the notoriously overpriced SAF Canteen for one (1) packet of chicken rice, or three (3) lukewarm Milo Pengs, is set to transform the financial landscape of the average recruit.

One disgruntled serviceman, Private Tan, confided his shock. “*Aiyo, I steady pom pi pi already. Now they give me this mahjong paper money, I go buy what? Confirm must top up my EZ-Link with my own money just to go back my bunk lah!*”

A MINDEF spokesperson clarified that the token promotes fiscal responsibility. “It’s about teaching our young men the value of money. If they manage to save the token for an entire month, they can potentially afford a single, lightly used, slightly stale slice of chocolate cake come BMT graduation.” Experts predict this will also reduce the crippling national debt incurred by the endless procurement of regulation-issue, inexplicably sticky, black-soled boots.