Remember what is said. President is an elected figure head with no power.
"Upon taking office in 1993, he requested an accounting of Singapore's vast assets, financial as well as physical. The accountant-general initially responded that it would take "52 man-years" to produce a complete list. Ong didn't back down; the list was finally submitted nearly three years later. The government said it would address Ong's remarks at the next sitting of Parliament on Aug. 3." BTW, if you get 100 accountants to do it, it takes about 1/2 year to get it done. If we have 200 accountants, we could have quarterly reports. With something so important, 20 million SGD used to pay the salaries of 200 accountants is small money.