“So proud of him and his colleagues… Wishing them well and a safe return home,” Pritam Singh said.
SINGAPORE — Workers’ Party head and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh honoured local heroes, the “Lionhearts of SCDF,” personnel from the Singapore Civil Defense Force being sent to Türkiye and Syria in the wake of a devastating earthquake that killed over 20,000 people.
“So proud of him and his colleagues… Wishing them well and a safe return home,” the Aljunied GRC MP wrote. A dedicated 79-member contingent, codenamed Operation Lionheart, is on standby round-the-clock. Their core function is to provide urban search and rescue and/or humanitarian relief assistance to countries afflicted by major disasters.
The following day, SCDF announced that an additional 48 SCDF personnel started preparing for deployment to Türkiye as well.
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