Chan Seng Khai
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This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (December 2015) |
Chan Seng Khai | |
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田承凯 | |
2nd Kuching South Mayor | |
In office 1 January 1997 – 31 July 2005 | |
Deputy | Mohd Amin Hassan |
Preceded by | Song Swee Guan |
Succeeded by | Chong Ted Tsiung |
Personal details | |
Born | Kuching, Crown Colony of Sarawak | 19 July 1953
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) - Barisan Nasional |
Chan Seng Khai (simplified Chinese: 田承凯; traditional Chinese: 田承凱; pinyin: Tián Chéngkǎi; Jyutping: Tin4 Sing4 Hoi2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhân Sêng-khái) was the second mayor of Kuching South City Council since 1997. He succeeded Datuk Song Swee Guan, who was the first mayor of the city, in 1988 when Kuching was elevated to City status and partitioned into South and North. Chan is a member of Sarawak United People's Party and elected state assemblyman of the Batu Lintang area in Kuching in 1991, 1996 and 2001. In 2006, during the Sarawak's state election, he lost in his re-election bid as state assemblyman to Democratic Action Party (DAP) candidate Voon Lee Shan.
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