Tharman Shanmugaratnam is the new head of state for Singapore after winning the presidential race by a decisive margin yesterday.

The former senior minister received 70.40 percent of the votes while former group chief investment officer of GIC Pte Ltd Ng Kok Song (above, left) received 15.72 per cent and former chief executive officer of NTUC Income Insurance Co-operative Ltd Tan Kin Lian (13.88 per cent).

The official results were...