Safeguarding Singapore's past reserves; The president may veto the budgets of the Government and Fifth Schedule companies (key statutory boards such as Central Provident Fund Board, ...

Singapore president dissolves parliament, slates elections. Story by Ian Stark ... The global conditions that enabled Singapore's success over the past decades may no longer hold," Wong said.

Singapore first dipped into the past reserves in 2009. In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, then President S R Nathan gave his approval to draw down S$4.9 billion from the reserves to fund two ...

SINGAPORE: The considerations for unlocking Singapore's past reserves include how the funds will be used to benefit the people and the nature of the crisis at hand, the three presidential ...

Singapore's former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Wednesday (Jul 26) said he intended to be "a President for a new era" as he officially launched his platform for the presidential bid.

Citing former president Ong Teng Cheong — who was deputy prime minister before he stepped down — as an example, he said: "No one regards him as being less independent because of his past ...

Singapore's presidential hopeful Tharman on how he sees the role of an independent president Zuraidah Ibrahim and Kimberly Lim Published: 4:07pm, 22 Aug 2023 Updated: 12:06am, 23 Aug 2023 ...

The president can disapprove the budgets and transactions of these entities if he considers that they draw on the entities’ past reserves. More on this topic S’pore elects 9th president: All ...

Although Singapore has had non-Chinese presidents in the past, Mr Tharman is the first one voted in by the public. His supporters could claim his victory as a win for representation and a ...

Singapore president dissolves parliament, slates elections By Ian Stark Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam dissolved parliament on Tuesday, setting up elections in May.