国际英语资讯:Halimah Yacob swears in as Singapores first female president
<p><span word="SINGAPORE">SINGAPORE</span>, <span word="Sept">Sept</span>. 14-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="president">president</span>-<span word="elect">elect</span> <span word="Halimah">Halimah</span> <span word="Yacob">Yacob</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sworn">sworn</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Singapore">Singapore</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="eighth">eighth</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="palace">palace</span> <span word="Istana">Istana</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="presidency">presidency</span> "<span word="unifies">unifies</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="embodying">embodying</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="shared">shared</span> <span word="values">values</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="people">people</span> -- <span word="multiracialism">multiracialism</span>, <span word="meritocracy">meritocracy</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="stewardship">stewardship</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="values">values</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="today">today</span>, <span word="guiding">guiding</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="forward">forward</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="troubled">troubled</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="uncertain">uncertain</span> <span word="world">world</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Halimah">Halimah</span> <span word="Yacob">Yacob</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="speech">speech</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="president">president</span>, <span word="Halimah">Halimah</span> <span word="Yacob">Yacob</span> <span word="assured">assured</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="Singaporeans">Singaporeans</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="serve">serve</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="one">one</span>, <span word="regardless">regardless</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="race">race</span>, <span word="language">language</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="religion">religion</span>.</p><p><span word="Halimah">Halimah</span> <span word="Yacob">Yacob</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="president">president</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="qualified">qualified</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="reserved">reserved</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Malay">Malay</span> <span word="community">community</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="electoral">electoral</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="shortly">shortly</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="handed">handed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="nomination">nomination</span> <span word="forms">forms</span>.</p><p>63-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="Halimah">Halimah</span> <span word="Yacob">Yacob</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="parliament">parliament</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="January">January</span> 2013, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="post">post</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="quitted">quitted</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span>.</p><p><span word="Singaporean">Singaporean</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Tony">Tony</span> <span word="Tan">Tan</span> <span word="Keng">Keng</span> <span word="Yam">Yam</span> <span word="ended">ended</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="six">six</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="August">August</span>.</p>
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