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Flight 472 landed in Singapore at 1825 hours SST and was immediately surrounded by the police before the Singapore authorities could confirm that it was a false alarm. The incident highlighted the lack of special forces trained and equipped to deal with a hijack or hostage situation in Singapore. The SOF was created in 1984.
The Special Operations Command (SOC) is a specialist tactical unit of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) specialising in riot control and high-threat incidents. It was formed on 10 September 1992 to unify specialist units into a single strategic reserve force that the regular officers need to call upon in any contingency plan and serious case of public disorder.
Harvey Norman. Harvey Norman is an Australian multinational retailer of furniture, bedding, computers, communications and consumer electrical products. It mainly operates as a franchise, [2] with the main brand and all company-operated stores owned by ASX-listed Harvey Norman Holdings Limited. [3]
The Special Operations Task Force ( SOTF, Chinese: 特别行动特遣部队, Malay: Pasukan Petugas Operasi Khas) [4] is a special operations command of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for conducting special operations. The SOTF is composed of only highly-trained regular servicemen from the Army 's Special Operations Force (SOF ...
Queensway Base. Coordinates: 1°17′42.41″N 103°48′01.76″E. Queensway Base is the headquarters that is home to the Special Operations Command (SOC), a front line department of the Singapore Police Force (SPF). [1] It is situated directly across Queensway, and was formerly the Old Queenstown Police Station. Units such as Police Light ...
Special Warfare Group (Singapore) The Special Warfare Group ( SWG) is the primary special forces unit of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) responsible for conducting special operations from sea, air, and land. It is one of six squadrons of the Naval Diving Unit (NDU). [1]
Singapore Police Force. Headquarters. Queensway Base. Motto. "Vigilance, Valour, Victory". The Special Tactics and Rescue ( STAR) is an elite tactical unit of the Singapore Police Force responsible for conducting counter-terrorism and hostage rescue operations in Singapore. It is under operational control of the SPF's Special Operations Command.
The Police Tactical Unit ( PTU) is a paramilitary specialist unit of the Singapore Police Force and comes under the direct command of the Special Operations Command. Based in Queenstown, it is the main anti-rioting and disaster-management unit of the police force. They are also called upon to handle cases of serious crime in progress ...