<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Singapore-born Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam and two Chinese-origin former executives of government-linked companies have qualified to run for the city-state's presidential election on 1st September.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Presidential Elections Committee received a total of six applications for the Certificate of Eligibility by yesterday's deadline, the Elections Department said.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Singapore had earlier said, it would hold the presidential election if more than one person qualifies for the presidential run. Incumbent President Halimah Yacob's six-year term will end on the 13th of September.</span></p>