Singapore will head for its first contested presidential election in over a decade in an exercise seen to weigh public sentiment at a time when the city-state had been rocked by controversies.
Singaporeans will vote on Sept. 1 for just the third time since a constitutional amendment in 1991 transformed the post into a publicly elected one. Three met the strict criteria to contest, the Elections Department said Friday. They have to be officially nominated on Aug. 22.
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