SINGAPORE: It was revealed on Friday( Oct 20 ) that Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the eventual winner of the 2023 Presidential Election, spent more than S$ 700,000( US$ 510,000 ) on his campaign, dwarfing the sums shelled out by the other two candidates, & nbsp, Mr Ng Kok Song, and Mr Tan Kin Lian.
The costs reports were made available for inspection by the Elections Department, and they are available online through April 2024 for a period of six months.
The documents provide insight into how the three men attempted to find their way to the Istana, from the commonplace( taxi claims ) and the unexpected( copyright licenses ). & nbsp,
All 710 chapters of the three studies were followed by us, and we discovered the following:
Injury plan and nbsp,
If you had participated in the Tharman plan as a volunteer, you would have had insurance to protect you from harm. & nbsp,
On election day( Sep 1 ) and the day after, 12, 000 people received a group personal accident insurance policy that cost & nbsp, S$ 4, 536. Voting and counting are the primary activities covered in the policy file.
The amount insured was S$ 20,500 per person, which included sudden death, long-term illness, and injury-related medical costs.
Mr. Tharman was the only participant who appeared to have bought insurance cover for his individuals, and the insurance company was NTUC Income.