SINGAPORE - 'Smart' technology, such as facial recognition, at the new one-stop centre for national servicemen should cut queueing time for medical screenings by 30 per cent.
Announced in March, NS Hub will see services for national servicemen - from national service registration to physical fitness training - brought under one roof.Currently, national servicemen go to the Central Manpower Base for NS registration, Fitness Conditioning Centres for physical training tests and the Military Medicine Institute in Kent Ridge for specialist medical and dental care.
"We are bench-marking ourselves against the BCA Green Mark Platinum standard. We are bench-marking ourselves against the super low energy certification, and ultimately we want to be among the top 10 per cent of energy efficient buildings in Singapore," he told reporters.Rainwater harvesting features will result in estimated savings of 32,000 cubic metres of water per year.
Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, who officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony, said in a speech that NS Hub would likely be CMPB's permanent site, where many generations of national servicemen would enlist.