Presidential Election 2023: Two hopefuls turn up on the day applications open

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Presidential Election 2023: Two hopefuls turn up on the day applications open
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Entrepreneur George Goh arrived on Tuesday morning, followed by former secondary school teacher Seng Soon Kia. Read more at straitstimes.com.

was at the Novena office at about 10am with his wife and four children. This was followed by the arrival at around 2pm of former secondary school teacher Seng Soon Kia.Asked why he wanted to run for president, the 72-year-old former woodwork teacher said there were several issues in Singapore that he felt have to be addressed.

While the first day for applications was relatively quiet, the morning started with a buzz as close to 50 people dressed in red showed up at about 9.30am, even before the candidates did. Mr Matthew Fong, 51, an entrepreneur, said he met Mr Goh on a trip to Nepal several years ago with Border Mission, a charity that Mr Goh set up in 2015 with his wife.

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