Attendance at PLKN 3.0 compulsory for selected 18-year-olds

KUALA LUMPUR: Attendance at the later two series of the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) 3.0 this year will be compulsory for the 18-year-olds who are picked as participants, said the National Service Training Department. Unlike the volunteer trainees in the first series that started last month, participants of the second and third batches will be...

PLKN 3.0: Trainee makes 135km trip just to sign up for National Service training

KUALA LUMPUR: A young man's burning interest in uniformed bodies spurred him on to make the 135km journey on a bus on his own to the capital to sign up for the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) 3.0. Chee Ming Hang, 20, a SMK Temerloh Form Six student, left Temerloh yesterday evening and spent the night...

‘No to PLKN 3.0 over fear of bullying’

PETALING JAYA: The parliamentary bipartisan committee is firm on its stand that the National Service (PLKN) 3.0 should not proceed until its shortcomings are ironed out, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah. This comes despite the release of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee (PSSC) on Security’s full report on the programme at the Dewan Rakyat yesterday. Saifuddin, who...