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In this issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at the result of the recent Singapore presidential elections that followed a series of political scandals for the ruling People’s Action Party. Photo: Reuters
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Singapore’s ruling party passes test after series of political scandals

In this issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at the result of the recent Singapore presidential elections that followed a series of political scandals for the ruling People’s Action Party.

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Singapore’s next president: ethnic voting claims ‘disproved’ by Tharman’s victory

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Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam elected president after landslide victory

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Tharman the favourite as polls close in Singapore presidential election

Friday’s vote is the first presidential poll since 2011, with the incumbent Halimah Yacob having come to power in a walkover contest in 2017. 85 per cent of 2.7 million voters have cast their votes as at 5pm.

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Presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam and his wife, Jane Yumiko Ittogi (in red). Photo: Reuters
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Singaporeans reflect on values, ‘antics’, vows as presidential campaigning ends

Voters say the campaign’s most memorable moments had been ‘antics’ by the candidates to make themselves more personable – especially to young people.

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Singapore presidential rivals slam Tan Kin Lian for opposition endorsements

Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Ng Kok Song have criticised Tan Kin Lian for securing endorsements from opposition politicians Tan Cheng Bock and Tan Jee Say.

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Singapore presidential polls: top PAP rival Tan Cheng Bock endorses Tan Kin Lian

Tan Cheng Bock, a critic of the ruling PAP endorsed outsider Tan Kin Lian, said it was vital for the president to be independent of the ruling establishment given the position’s role as a gatekeeper of the country’s vast reserves.

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Singapore opposition politician Tan Cheng Bock has endorsed Tan Kin Lian in next week’s presidential poll. Photo: AFP
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Singapore’s secret reserves take centre stage as presidential race heats up

The government’s decision to be more transparent about the reserves could indicate it hopes voters pick the person best suited to act as the reserves’ steward, analysts say.

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Singapore presidential poll: will ‘anti-PAP’ voters spoil Tharman’s party?

At a time of rising living costs, political scandals and ‘displeasure with the status quo’, analysts say this week’s presidential election may be an opportunity for Singaporeans to register displeasure with the ruling People’s Action Party.

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Singapore’s president is not an alternative power centre: Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Tharman says his long service in previous Singapore cabinets would not compromise his independence as he is ‘non-partisan by character’.

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Presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam waves after a speech at the nomination centre for the presidential election in Singapore on August 22. Photo: AFP
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Exclusive | Singapore lucky to have Tharman and me running for president: Ng Kok Song

The former chief investment officer of sovereign wealth fund GIC explains why he thinks has an edge over front runner Tharman Shanmugaratnam in an exclusive interview with the Post.

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Ng Kok Song poses for a photo after his exclusive interview with This Week in Asia. He and presidential front runner Tharman Shanmugaratnam had “served our country in different ways”, he said, and could both stand shoulder to shoulder on the international stage. Photo: Cuble Agency/Handout
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Singapore kick-starts presidential campaigning amid ‘pretty girls’ controversy

Tuesday’s typically sedate nomination-day proceedings became clouded by controversy amid an outcry over presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian’s past social media posts regarding women.

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Exclusive | US should play China ‘long game’: Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam

In an exclusive interview with the Post, the Singapore presidential front runner talks ‘economic warfare’, China’s growing capabilities and the experience he could bring to bear if elected.

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Singapore’s presidential polls attract ‘same set’ of candidates: George Goh

The businessman said the Elections Department’s decision to find him ineligible to run is a ‘setback for Singapore’ that deprives voters of a wider choice.

George Goh, chief executive officer of Harvey Norman Ossia. Photo: Handout
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Singapore set for three-way presidential contest on September 1

Businessman George Goh, who has insisted he was the sole presidential hopeful independent of the ruling PAP, did not make the cut.

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(From left) Singapore presidential candidates Tan Kin Lian, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Ng Kok Song. Photo: SCMP
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Singapore warns against foreign interference ahead of presidential poll

Singapore’s government has issued two statements to warn about the threat of foreign interference ahead of a presidential election scheduled on September 1.

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Should Singapore’s president have an annual report card? George Goh thinks so

The businessman and former envoy says he wants to create a more ‘open and inclusive’ presidency for the city state if elected, after formally launching his campaign platform this week.

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Singapore to hold presidential poll on September 1 if multiple candidates qualify

Former PAP minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, ex-state fund investment chief Ng Kok Song, and business executive George Goh have their eye on the largely ceremonial role.

Voters in Singapore. Photo: EPA-EFE
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