this TKL is a real piece of shit...wayang here wayang there...Tony like TCB has the decency to go personally to pick up PE forms fm the ED...
btw u heard it first at SBF
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Updated: 23/06/2011
Former DPM Tony Tan picks up forms
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Former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan has picked up forms for the Certificate of Eligibility required to contest the upcoming Presidential Election.
Dr Tan who's 71 arrived at the Elections Department at 10.30 this morning.
He told reporters that if he's granted the certificate of eligibility, he will contest the Presidential Election as an independent candidate.
Dr Tan is currently the Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings as well as deputy chairman and executive director of GIC - the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
A former mathematics and physics lecturer at the University of Singapore, Dr Tan entered politics in 1979 at the age of 38.
He left the Cabinet between 1991 and 1995, became chairman and CEO of OCBC Bank, before returning to the Cabinet to beef up its ranks in August 1995.
Dr Tan retired from politics after 26 years in government, having helmed the ministries of finance, education, defence, health, and trade and industry at different points in his career.
Earlier this month, Dr Tan said that the next elected President of Singapore will hold office during a period of enormous change.
He was responding to media queries as to whether he would be making a bid for the position in the coming election.
While neither confirming nor denying a bid at that time, Dr Tan said that it is more important than ever to have a President with a steady hand and a deep understanding of the complexities behind each decision he may have to make.
