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Low Thia Khiang survives leadership challenge as Worker’s Party Secretary-General
http://www.tremeritus.com/2016/05/30...etary-general/
Since taking up the post of Secretary-General of the Workers’ Party in 2001, Low Thia Khiang has survived the first challenge to his leadership position.
At the Worker’s Party Central Executive Committee (CEC) elections held yesterday (29 May), fellow Worker’s Party MP Chen Show Mao vied for the post and managed to secure 45 votes to Mr. Low’s 61.
Sylvia Lim’s was re-elected as the patry’s Chairman uncontested.
Besides the top posts of Secretary-General and Chairman, there were 21 candidates for 12 CEC places. The members who were elected are:
Mr Chen Show Mao (陈硕茂), 54
Mr Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap (莫哈默费沙), 40
Mr Kenneth Foo Seck Guan (符策涫), 39
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (严燕松), 38
Dr Daniel Goh Pei Siong (吴佩松), 42
Mr Firuz Khan (菲鲁兹), 49
Ms Lee Li Lian (李丽连), 38
Mr Leon Perera (贝理安), 45
Mr Png Eng Huat (方荣发), 54
Mr Pritam Singh (毕丹星), 40
Mr Tan Kong Soon (陈广顺), 39
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong (陈立峰), 45
In a press release, the Worker’s Party was silent on the leadership challenge and named only the 12 members to its CEC.
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