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Podcast: socialservice.sg presents: "Before the Ballot"
Episode: Constitution? Ceremonial? Community?, PE2023’s young voters (with Liang Weiting)
Description: Singaporeans go to the polls on September 1, 2023 to elect our new president. We choose from three candidates: former senior minister and deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, former chief investment officer of sovereign wealth fund GIC Ng Kok Song, and former CEO of NTUC Income Tan Kin Lian.Â
An estimated 300,000 to 400,000 Singaporean youth, or about 15 per cent of the electorate, will be voting in the presidential election for the first time. In the lead up to Polling Day, in this mini-series, we speak to three first-time voters - all of whom are students - about their thoughts on t...