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Reservist programme to be expanded
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) says its dual-track reservist training programme will be continued next year. The continuation of the program means that 7,000 more reservists will be required to take part in the more intensive two-week training process that began earlier this year.
Under the programme, some reservists will undergo two weeks of intensive training twice over a period of eight years as reservists rather than the existing five- to seven-days four times every eight years.
The two-week training programme was launched in March of this year on a trial basis. Only around 15,000 reservists took part in the two-week training this year, while 97,000 were trained under the existing five-to-seven-day programme.
Defence officials say reservists, regardless of the length of their programme, will undergo training at designated "strategic locations" around the island from next year, instead of in training camps or military bases.
