Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam was asked to respond to comments by fellow candidate Tan Kin Lian who said voters would prefer a chance to have their President and first lady be 'true Singaporeans from birth'.
SINGAPORE: Presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Friday that he would rather let people judge for themselves than comment on any "tactical statements" by his fellow candidates.
Mr Tharman's wife, Jane Yumiko Ittogi, was born in Japan to a Japanese father and a Singaporean Chinese mother who met in Singapore. She has lived in Singapore since she was three and attended local schools. "Each candidate, they will come up with various tactical statements and I let people judge for themselves," he said., saying: "I have nothing against George Goh. The fact that he was born in Malaysia ... started off poor, worked very hard, came to Singapore and succeeded. I thought it was a good story. It's always been the Singapore story."
Asked if there is a particular segment of society that he will focus on, Mr Tharman said:"Every disadvantaged group."
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