Singapore - Singapore's former deputy prime minister Tony Tan was sworn in Thursday as the city-state's seventh president, days after winning a hotly contested election by a razor-thin margin.
Tan, 71, considered the candidate closest to the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), won 35.2 per cent of the votes in Saturday's non-partisan poll, holding an edge of about 7,400 ballots over the closest of his three rivals in another sign that the PAP's popularity was eroding. Full story
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