SINGAPORE - Singaporeans have given Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam a resounding mandate to be Singapore’s ninth president.
“I believe that the vote for me and what I stand for is a vote of confidence in Singapore. It’s a vote of optimism that we can progress together,” he said.He also thanked his fellow candidates for making the presidential election a worthy contest. He was greeted with chants of “Ong lai!” and “Huat ah!”, referring to his campaign symbol of a pineapple. Ong lai means pineapple in Hokkien, and it symbolises prosperity and good fortune to come.Mr Ng conceded the contest shortly after the sample count result was made known.
Mr Tan said he congratulated Mr Tharman on the result, but for himself, “I expected to do much better, but I think in an election things are uncertain”. The Elections Department put out an advisory at 8.40am to encourage voters to cast their ballots in their afternoon and queues eased by lunchtime.
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