{"id":20432,"date":"2025-12-16T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20432"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:00:36","slug":"allan-wus-son-jonas-commissioned-as-saf-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20432","title":{"rendered":"Allan Wu&#8217;s son Jonas commissioned as SAF officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->Chinese-American actor-host\u00a0Allan Wu is one proud dad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">His son Jonas, 19, was one of the 405 cadets who were commissioned as officers of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) on Dec 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Wu, who is based in Singapore, congratulated the group on social media on Dec 14. The 53-year-old, who\u00a0hosts the podcast Call Us Daddy, also posted two videos of the commissioning parade held at Safti Military Institute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cAll of you had to endure standing and marching in the pouring rain, but I\u2019m sure it\u2019s all worth it because this will be a memory you will all cherish for the rest of your lives,\u201d he wrote, adding that Jonas was recognised as the Best Physical Training Officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cI am so proud of you and nothing brings me more joy than watching you become the man I know you can be,\u201d Wu wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cSavour this momentous occasion, and I\u2019d like to end this with one small request\u2026 Can you please try smiling more (because) it sure looks (pretty) darn good on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Wu\u2019s daughter Sage also posed with <!-- -->him<!-- --> and Jonas in one of the photos. The 21-year-old is currently studying electrical engineering at Stanford University in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Wu was seen in another photo looking at an epaulette while an unidentified woman with her back to the camera affixed the officer rank epaulette on Jonas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Jonas and Sage are Wu\u2019s children with <!-- -->former Singaporean actress<!-- --> Wong Li Lin, 53. 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