- Ng Kok Song's campaign tactics fail to impress netizens

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Mr Ng's first official campaign act, where he kissed the floor of a void deck in Serangoon Crescent, has drawn eye-rolls from netizens. Mr Ng said he believes the void deck is where his kampung home used to be.

SINGAPORE: Some of the actions of the oldest presidential candidate in the looming election, 75-year-old Ng Kok Song, have failed to land with Singaporeans online who have called the ex-GIC chief investment officer “super wayang” and “cringy”.

He told the press, “This is the exact spot where I lived with my five brothers and five sisters and my parents in a hut with an attap roof, mud on the floor and no modern sanitation…Just now, I was filled with emotion. I knelt down to kiss the ground where I was born, and where I grew up.” u/puzzleheaded-stable questioned: “If you are going to wayang, at least show some respect for the intelligence of the Public. Who would fall for this over the top pandering?”

 

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