Tony Tan
Tony Tan
Tony Tan Keng Yamis the seventh President of Singapore, in office since 2011. He served as a Member of the Singapore Parliament from 1979 to 2006 and held various ministerial portfolios, including defence, finance, Arts, trade and industry. In the late 1980s, Lee Kuan Yew mentioned Tan as his first choice to succeed himself as Prime Minister of Singapore, but he declined. He left the Cabinet from 1991 to 1995 to lead the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation before returning as Deputy...
NationalitySingaporean
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 February 1940
CountrySingapore
I strive to be the best possible president that I can be to work for all of you and to represent out country and all Singaporeans.
I plan to work my utmost for Singaporeans, whatever be their political affiliation. The presidency is above politics.
Families represent the basic building blocks of our society, and primary care a foundational piece of any healthcare system.
Whatever initiatives we launch, we must always put the interests of Singaporeans and Singapore first.
Singapore is a natural gateway for international firms looking to access Asia and for Asian businesses to access the world.
I will work in partnership with the Government, all political parties, and civil society to safeguard and advance the future of all Singaporeans.
I would be able to provide a different perspective and act independently of the Government in the decisions that have to be made by the President.
Through the outreach that I have done, through platforms, I hope to unify Singaporeans because at the end of the day, Singapore is our home. We share a common destiny, and I think all of us work together for the benefit of our country.
To ensure that Singaporeans can take advantage of opportunities, the government should continue to monitor carefully the proportion of foreign students in our education institutions to ensure that the proportion matches the present and future needs of the country, and the Singaporeans are the main beneficiaries of our education policy.
Some of the people involved in ISIS are going to Iraq, and some of our young people are being radicalised through the Internet.
The president is a president for all Singaporeans. Not only for those who have voted for me, but even for those who have not voted for me.
Where patient needs are complex, we should provide greater support in the community so that patients can cut down on trips to the tertiary hospital.