SINGAPORE — Presidential candidate Ng Kok Song has conceded defeat to rival Tharman Shanmugaratnam, after the sample count released by the Elections Department showed the latter had received a landslide 70 per cent of votes counted so far. Mr Ng told reporters on Friday (Sept 1) night that in
SINGAPORE — Presidential candidate Ng Kok Song has conceded defeat to rival Tharman Shanmugaratnam, after the sample count released by the Elections Department showed the latter had received a landslide 70 per cent of votes counted so far.
Mr Ng noted that when Mr Tharman had first announced his intention to run for President, Mr Tharman had said he wanted a contest so that when elected, he would have the mandate of Singaporeans. “When I came forward to stand for the presidency, I said that my number one goal was to ensure that the people of Singapore could redeem their right to vote in this Presidential Election. I think I have accomplished that goal because the Presidential Election did take place today.”
“These Singaporeans put their names behind my name and lifted me up from a relative nobody to a somebody,” said the former chief investment officer of sovereign wealth fund GIC.
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