SINGAPORE — Reiterating his position as a non-partisan presidential candidate, Ng Kok Song said he will not accept donations from political parties to avoid being beholden to their agenda.
Ng, the former chief investment officer at sovereign wealth fund GIC, is also not accepting donations from business groups, and will fund his campaign from his own personal savings. Ng was also asked to comment on Tan, who had said on Friday that Singaporeans may prefer to "have a chance" to have a president and spouse who were both born in Singapore.
Ng added that Lau had earlier decided to give up her Canadian citizenship because she wanted to live the rest of her life in Singapore. " encourage the many thousands of volunteers who are already working to help the poor and the disadvantaged. As president, I want to be the leader for this group of volunteers," he said.
"By populist policies, I mean free-spending policies; spend more, cut taxes in order to defend its share of the popular vote. Even a government which has been quite good for a long time might have to play defensive. And that means we might have to erode the hard-earned reserves which we have accumulated over many years," he said.