With Singaporeans heading to the polls on Friday (Sept 1) to elect the nation's ninth head of state, President Halimah Yacob will soon step down from her role. In May, she announced that she will not be running for a second term in the upcoming Presidential Election. The 69-year-old later shared that it was because she wanted to retire. It...
However, due to security matters, she was unable to continue living there while serving as president.Would you believe that at one point of their lives, President Halimah and her husband, Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee, could not even afford a sofa or television?and staying with relatives while they saved up enough money to buy a flat in Yishun, reported The Straits Times.
Even after procuring a flat, they "waited a bit more" and saved money before they bought furniture and appliances.Speaking of humble beginnings, President Halimah also struggled with finances while growing up.After her father died, her mother became the sole breadwinner and to help her out, Madam Halimah would help out at her hawker stall.
This made her so tired that she skipped classes. And on the days she attended school, she would fall asleep during lessons. Despite this, she had a teacher who encouraged her to not give up and she attributes her success to her teacher.the spacious Istana grounds is the place to goIn an interview with CNA, she once said: "The Istana grounds are very big, so that gives me a chance to walk around and exercise further, and keep myself fit."
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