The Malaysian Insider, 30 Aug 2011
AUG 30 — It was a pulsating finish to Singapore’s fourth presidential election. A mere 7,269 votes separated Dr Tony Tan from Dr Tan Cheng Bock. The hustings, which fired up the hearts and minds of Singaporeans, portend what future PEs could be like. What can we make of the results?
The influence of the May general election should not be over-exaggerated. To be sure, there is residual unhappiness after the so-called “watershed election”. My sense, however, is that the majority of Singaporeans distinguished between the parliamentary and presidential polls. Full story
