18,000 to cast vote in Singapore

18,000 to cast vote in Singapore

BATAM, Riau: Only 18,000 of the 35,000 eligible Indonesian voters in Singapore have registered for next month's poll, an Indonesian embassy official in Singapore said Friday.

Sabusi, chief of the embassy's political affairs, said that he would continue to encourage Indonesians there to register themselves and the registration deadline would be extended to close to election day.

The embassy has made the best use of the local print and electronic media to woo Indonesian voters to register, Antara reported.

According to embassy statistics, an estimated 70,000 Indonesians live in Singapore, with most of them as domestic maids. Thousands of Chinese-Indonesians have also temporarily moved there for fear of riots ahead and after the elections.