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
Lee U-Wen
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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