Just two presidential aspirants turned up at the Elections Department (ELD) office on Tuesday, the first day that candidates wishing to contest the upcoming...
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.
Among the supporters who said they knew Mr Goh personally were a hawker-centre stall owner and a retired Malay linguist who has been helping Mr Goh brush up on his Malay. There were also Singapore Management University students, who are friends of his daughter Ingrid. Mr Fong said he got to know Mr Goh more personally in the last year, and was impressed by the success Mr Goh has found in the business world despite his humble beginnings.After Mr Goh gave a short interview and posed for photos for the media, he was led by his team to meet his supporters, who had arrayed themselves along a nearby sheltered walkway.
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