My younger son who's doing his National Service with the Singapore Civil Defence Force was involved during the last day of APEC meeting recently. He has to be on standby while the dignitaries were at the Esplanade last Saturday, watching cultural shows, eating and just enjoying themselves. This is his pass to be there, security is very strict there, with the whole Esplanade cordoned off and not open to the public.
My son got to keep this pass as a momento, it has his photo in it. Of course since nothing happen, he wasn't activated for duty or even got a chance to rub shoulder with them. The whole night he was station nearby to the Esplanade and just shake legs till the wee hours.
