Early years
Maris Stella High School National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) Unit has its humble beginnings some 46 years ago. Formed in January 1967, it was led by our first Officer-in-charge (OC) Mr. Wong Kong Wee, who was one of the pioneer officers instrumental in setting up NPCC Units in Singapore.
Weekly trainings were carried out on Sundays in the early years, then on Saturdays all the way till early 2000s. Apart from the weekly training, the Second Year Cadets were required to attend parade practices. They were selected to attend the Serangoon District Parade on 18 May 1968, and took a keen interest in all the training activities. They attended numerous practices and rehearsals for the various parades.
During the second term holidays, twenty Second Year Cadets and two officers attended the Annual Camp at the Airport Road P.D.F. Camp from the 11th of August, 1968. They took part in activities planned by the Camp Officials. The First Year Cadets went for their revolver shooting, where they were taught how to handle a revolver. They were given dry practices and were told strictly to observe the rules at the Shooting Range.
The Unit Today
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| From left: Insp(NPCC) Seah Sheng Zhi, Insp(NPCC) Eric Tan, Insp(NPCC) Florence Lim (Deputy OC), ASP(NPCC) Lee Shiao Pey (OC Unit), H/ASP(NPCC) Paul Seah, Insp(NPCC) Justin Law, P/CI(NPCC) Cedric Hong |
The Unit is presently led by our OC, ASP(NPCC) Lee Shiao Pey and Deputy OC, Insp(NPCC) Florence Lim together with a team of 3 other Teacher Officers, 1 Honorary Officer and 6 Cadet Inspectors.
We have evolved over the years to become a holistic CCA not only just focusing on drills, campcraft and police-knowledge proficiencies, but also in air weapons, outdoor adventures as well as venturing beyond our shores in overseas expeditions and values-in-action projects.
The Unit continues to strive for excellence and has been awarded the Unit Overall Proficiency Award (UOPA) Gold Award for 15 consecutive years since 1999. The NPCC UOPA is conferred annually by NPCC Headquarters and it is awarded by assessing the overall performance of NPCC school units in an academic year.
