Launch liao launch liao! Former Senior Minister of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced the official launch of his presidential campaign, which slogan is “Respect for All”.
Among the 8 assenters who are present at the launch of Tharman’s campaign to be elected president of Singapore this afternoon (26 July) is Ms Mary Liew, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) President and General Secretary of Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union.
Refresh your memory a bit ah, two months ago, shortly after Tharman expressed his interest in running in the upcoming Presidential Election, NTUC and Labour Chief Ng Chee Meng already said that they “strongly support” Tharman’s intention to stand in the presidential election liao.
8 things about Tharman Shanmugaratnam, your potential President of Singapore!
Emphasizing the importance of having a president whom Singaporeans can trust in challenging and uncertain times, NTUC’s President Mary Liew said that Mr Tharman is “an inspiring leader who works hard for the people” wor.
In case you don’t know hor, he is the man behind a lot of the government schemes that help to make workers’ lives better. Like the Jobs Credit Scheme. This one really saved our jobs when times were tough, you know.
And then there’s the Special Employment Credit, which is a scheme to help our seniors in the workforce. Not forgetting the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) which is a wage structure which helps to increase wages of lower-wage workers through upgrading skills and improving their productivity, so nobody got left behind in Singapore’s progress.
So you see ah, Tharman always care about taking care of workers’ welfare while making our economy successful. Like this shows he got vision and he really cares about us Singaporeans ah.
And because of this reason, that’s why NTUC is showing their support for Tharman to become the President of Singapore lor. Very simple, and can understand right.
Other than NTUC’s President Mary Liew hor, a lot of other 有头有脸(respectable) people were also present at the press conference. Like Ho Kwon Ping, founder and executive chairman of Banyan Tree Group; founding chairman of the board of trustees at the Singapore Management University; and former chairman of the Singapore Summit, even Singaporean filmmaker Royston Tan was also there!
Don’t play play ah.
“Respect for all”
That is Tharman’s slogan for his presidential campaign. You can read more about Tharman here.
And oh ya! Tia gong Tharman also started his Instagram, Threads and TikTok accounts. Faster go follow him!
