Halimah only candidate to make the cut, on track for walkover victory
Other aspirants ineligible because they do not meet threshold of S$500m in shareholder equity in firms they run
Singapore
THERE will be no Polling Day for this month's reserved presidential election after all, as Singapore's next head of state will, in all likelihood, win the race via a walkover.
History will be made on Wednesday - Nomination Day - when former Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob turns up at the People's Association headquarters on King George's Avenue to submit her nomination papers.
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