Ensuring national service works

Kicking into gear: Under the previous PLKN, fitness training was a big emphasis, as demonstrated in this file pic of a group of trainees doing taekwondo at Princess Haliza Camp in Sungai Pelek, Sepang.

PETALING JAYA: Youth should be made aware of the benefits of attending the national service training while still in school, so that by the time they are called up, they will look forward to it as a national duty, says the former director-general of the programme.

Datuk Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil feels that the proposed National Service Training Programme (PLKN) 3.0 will only achieve its objectives if it adheres to the National Service Training Act (NSA) 2003.