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By the end of the 1970s, the SAF had grown into a sizeable defence force with an army, an air force and a navy. It was supplemented by the People's Defence Force (PDF), which was formed entirely by part-time volunteers. Ministers such as Dr Goh Keng Swee and Jek Yeun Thong, Members of Parliament and...

By the end of the 1970s, the SAF had grown into a sizeable defence force with an army, an air force and a navy. It was supplemented by the People's Defence Force (PDF), which was formed entirely by part-time volunteers. Ministers such as Dr Goh Keng Swee and Jek Yeun Thong, Members of Parliament and senior civil servants were among those who volunteered to join the PDF. Together, these forces gave Singapore a large pool of manpower to meet its defence needs. # Who ## Jek Yeun Thong Jek Yeun Thong was born a politician and served as Prime Minister of Singapore in the early 1980s.