Presidential Election 2011

[peapot]

I agree too! compare with the rest, he is more than qualified.

[BigDevil]

Tony Tan to contest Presidential Election


SINGAPORE: Former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said he will contest the upcoming Presidential Election as an independent candidate.

Dr Tan arrived at the Elections Department at 10.30am on Thursday and picked up forms for the Certificate of Eligibility required for the election....

For the rest of the story, see http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1136707/1/.html

[verykiasu2010]

another SPH man


present president was SPH man

WKW was with the press, may be not SPH ?

OTC was not from the press (i think)

[Angelight]

And Dr TT said that he is going to contest as an independent candidate. Smart move.


SR Nathan was SPH man? I thot he was from NTUC. OTC also from NTUC. WKW was former journalist.

verykiasu2010:

another SPH man

present president was SPH man

WKW was with the press, may be not SPH ?

OTC was not from the press (i think)

[verykiasu2010]

Angelight:

And Dr TT said that he is going to contest as an independent candidate. Smart move.


SR Nathan was SPH man? I thot he was from NTUC. OTC also from NTUC. WKW was former journalist.

verykiasu2010:

another SPH man

present president was SPH man

WKW was with the press, may be not SPH ?

OTC was not from the press (i think)

Devan Nair & OTC from NTUC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Press_Holdings

Like all newspaper companies in Singapore, SPH is regulated by the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act of 1974 and issues both management and ordinary shares. As specified by the act all issues and transfers of management shares have to be approved by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, and in \"any resolution relating to the appointment or dismissal of a director or any member of the staff\" the vote of one management share is equivalent to 200 ordinary shares.
There are close ties between the directors of SPH and the Singapore Government. S R Nathan, Director of the Security and Intelligence Division and later President of Singapore served as SPH's Executive Chairman from 1982 to 1988 and the first President (1994–2002) of SPH was Tjong Yik Min, former chief of the Internal Security Department. The present Chairman of SPH as Tony Tan was Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1994 to 2005.

[Angelight]

Ooh…thanks for clarifying, verykiasu.

[wapobs]

I want to vote for Po - KungFu Panda.


he not from SPH, but can qualify or not?

[concern2]

If can head SPH, no worries about him being tight-lipped hor? Ok lah, on lah!

[IMIM]

o no not another PAP man

[starlight1968sg]

IMIM:

o no not another PAP man

Yes, I would prefer someone who is really independent and not linked to any political party directly or indirectly.