Malaysian National Service
Overview
The National Service Training Programme, or Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN), is Malaysia's national service
program. The conscripts are 18-year-old youths that are selectively drafted
. The three-month program, which started in December 2003, began as way to encourage friendship between youths of certain ages from different races and ethnic groups and address concerns that the country's various races were becoming increasingly isolated from one another.
The national service program was first proposed in late 2001, brought to committee the following year, and was finally brought to action in 2003.
National service
National service is a common name for mandatory government service programmes . The term became common British usage during and for some years following the Second World War. Many young people spent one or more years in such programmes...
program. The conscripts are 18-year-old youths that are selectively drafted
Conscription
Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...
. The three-month program, which started in December 2003, began as way to encourage friendship between youths of certain ages from different races and ethnic groups and address concerns that the country's various races were becoming increasingly isolated from one another.
The national service program was first proposed in late 2001, brought to committee the following year, and was finally brought to action in 2003.
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