Fellow presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian said he would speak to Mr Goh to decide who should step down if both of them qualify for the Presidential Election.
On Sunday, Mr Ng said the intricacies of safeguarding Singapore's past reserves are"not easy to understand", and that Mr Goh and Mr Tan haveIn response to Mr Ng’s comments, Mr Goh pointed to his entrepreneurial experience, having established companies in many countries and handled “billions of dollars”.
During his opening speech, Mr Goh said that the way people from the private sector, “especially entrepreneurs”, look at money is “quite different”. A press statement from his team listed three values that he hopes to achieve with “an open and inclusive presidency”: Open book, open heart and open platform.
He will “use his philanthropic experience, business network and the status of the office to raise S$1billion for welfare organisations and small charities which are less recognised”. Asked about whether he has started preparing his campaign materials despite not having received his Certificate of Eligibility from the Presidential Elections Committee , Mr Goh said he is not waiting.
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