SINGAPORE -- Singapore will hold its presidential election on Sept. 1, the elections department announced on Friday, after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong signed off on a poll for the largely ceremonial post.
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Singapore's President Halimah Yacob (left) and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana Presidential Palace in 2017. © Reuters
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