Nomination Day
Candidates needed to obtain a Certificate of Eligibility from the Presidential Elections Committee and pay an election deposit of S$18,000 to file their nomination papers. Ong had earlier resigned the deputy prime ministership to contest in the election. Ong was backed by influential leaders such as then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and then-Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
However, some members of the Cabinet and the People's Action Party supported Chua, including Finance Minister Richard Hu and former Trade Minister and then-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Tony Tan Keng Yam. Workers' Party members J B Jeyaretnam and Tan Soo Phuan also applied for nomination, but were not awarded the Certificate of Eligibility. Nomination day was August 18, 1993, and Polling Day was August 28, 1993.
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