1. Why do we need to ensure minority Presidents? Will the minority President become a token President? The President symbolises and unifies the nation. In fact, before the President was an elected role, there was an unwritten rule that the Presidents will be multi-racial. Mr Lee Kuan Yew insisted on this “to remind Singaporeans that their country was multi-racial”. First four Presidents of Singapore. As a Berita Harian editorial bluntly pointed out, “the fact is that Singapore has not achieved its goal of becoming a race-blind society.” The 2016 CNA-IPS Survey found that even though the majority will accept a President of another race,....