SINGAPORE — Soon after a sample count showed a landslide victory for presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam, his rival Tan Kin Lian declined to concede defeat, but offered his congratulations. He told reporters gathered at his home on Friday (Sept 1) night that he would concede defeat after t
SINGAPORE — Soon after a sample count showed a landslide victory for presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam, his rival Tan Kin Lian declined to concede defeat, but offered his congratulations.
"Although this is just based on a sample count, I wish to send my sincere congratulations to Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam for his success in this contest, and I'm confident he will be elected as the President of Singapore. Asked to clarify if he was conceding defeat, he said:"I will concede defeat when the final results are out, but Mr Tharman has certainly got an overwhelming lead as of now, so I would think that he deserves my congratulations.", released by the Elections Department Singapore at around 10:40pm, showed that Mr Tharman had received 70 per cent of the votes counted so far, while Mr Tan had gotten 14 per cent. The other candidate Ng Kok Song took 16 per cent of the votes.
"I appreciate your dedicated support towards our common goals. I will now heed the advice of my family to take life easy and live a normal life," he added.
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