SHAFAQNA- More than 2.7 million voters in Singapore set to elect their 9th president as elections see 3-way contest.
The election will see a three-way presidential contest among investor Ng Kok Song, former senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and businessman Tan Kin Lian.
The successful candidate will become the city-state’s ninth president for a six-year term. The Elections Department of Singapore urged people “to go out to vote throughout the day.”
“The (voting) queue has improved at most polling stations,” the election authority said in a statement. Incumbent President Halimah Yacob is not seeking a second term.
Source: aa