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10 Dec 2019 | PEOPLE

SAFVC fills in the blanks

As the Singapore Armed Forces Volunteer Corps (SAFVC) marks five years since its launch in 2014, hear SAFVC Volunteer (SV) 1 Benedicto Anthony Tarucan , SV2 Li Peishan and SV2 Hitendra Singh Dasoni share why they step up to serve.

// Producer and editor Teo Jing Ting
// Cameraman Peter Cho

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