Dr Tan Cheng Bock says he and eventual winner Dr Tony Tan were neck and neck until the votes from Sembawang came in on Polling night.
Revealing exactly how close the two top contenders for Singapore's Presidency were, Dr Tan Cheng Bock said on Sunday afternoon, "Sometimes I'm ahead, sometimes he's ahead … Even at 80 per cent (of the votes tallied) we were just tying, 35-35 (per cent)."
"It was only toward the last bit, when Sembawang came in then we took a little dip and he beat me by 0.34 per cent," said the 71-year-old, who was speaking to the media 12 hours after the final results were announced. Full story
