#425 - Presidential Election Rallies “Not Encouraged” & Do Singaporeans Support Local Football?

This past weekend, the Elections Department said that rallies are “not encouraged” for the Presidential Election as they may be divisive and incongruent with the unifying role of Singapore's head of state. This decision hasn’t been well-received, but is there any merit to these directives? Elsewhere, it was revealed in a survey that the Singaporean Premier League was the 3rd-most popular football competition after the EPL and the Champions League. Are Singaporeans getting into local football again?

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Presidential Election Rallies “Not Encouraged”

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Do Singaporeans Support Local Football?

• SPL ranks as 3rd-most popular football competition: Yahoo study

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