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Jul 27, 2011
Andrew Kuan collects presidential forms
By Teo Wan Gek
Andrew Kuan at the ELD to collect forms for the Presidential Election. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
MR ANDREW Kuan, 57, is taking another shot at the presidency, despite a failed bid in 2005.
He was disqualified in 2005 when the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) did not issue him with an eligibility certificate.
The former Jurong Town Corporation chief financial officer, also a former PAP member, showed up at the Elections Department at 1045am on Wednesday to collect application forms to contest the presidency, accompanied by two friends.
He said: 'I look forward to getting Singaporeans' moral support to get the Certificate of Eligibility to contest the presidential election 2011.'
Presidential hopefuls must be deemed eligible to run by the three-man Presidential Elections Committee.
The committee said in 2005 that the seniority and responsibility of his JTC position did not match the eligibility criteria set out in the Constitution. One of several ways of qualifying as a candidate is to have been either chairman or chief executive officer of certain key statutory boards for no less than three years.
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Singapore
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jul 27, 2011
Andrew Kuan collects presidential forms
By Teo Wan Gek
Andrew Kuan at the ELD to collect forms for the Presidential Election. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
MR ANDREW Kuan, 57, is taking another shot at the presidency, despite a failed bid in 2005.
He was disqualified in 2005 when the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) did not issue him with an eligibility certificate.
The former Jurong Town Corporation chief financial officer, also a former PAP member, showed up at the Elections Department at 1045am on Wednesday to collect application forms to contest the presidency, accompanied by two friends.
He said: 'I look forward to getting Singaporeans' moral support to get the Certificate of Eligibility to contest the presidential election 2011.'
Presidential hopefuls must be deemed eligible to run by the three-man Presidential Elections Committee.
The committee said in 2005 that the seniority and responsibility of his JTC position did not match the eligibility criteria set out in the Constitution. One of several ways of qualifying as a candidate is to have been either chairman or chief executive officer of certain key statutory boards for no less than three years.
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