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A Rare Contentious Election in Singapore

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Aug 18, 2011
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Singaporean concerns about rising inequality, public infrastructure pressures associated with foreign worker numbers and the scarcity of political accountability are now playing themselves out in what usually is a tame election for the country’s presidency, a mostly ceremonial post.

Campaigning is now underway for the Aug. 27 election with the People’s A…

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