Desmond Lim Loses SPP's Asst Sec-Gen To A Newbie

[SNAblog]

http://newasiarepublic.com/?p=20042

Desmond Lim looses SPP ASG position to Wilfred Leung
August 17, 2010

A Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting was due in 3 weeks time after Singapore People’s Party held its Ordinary Party Conference (OPC) on 25 July 2010 to elect its CEC. The purpose of this CEC meeting is to finalise party appointment of CEC members.

On 16 August 2010 at 1030pm, the Singapore People’s Party released the final list of its Central Executive Committee (CEC) members alongside with their appointments after the conclusion of the CEC meeting.

Notable changes include the replacement of Mr Desmond Lim with Mr Wilfred Leung as SPP’s new Assistant Secretary-General. The 35-year-old product manager is a long-time legislative assistant of MP for Potong Pasir Chaim See Tong.

Mrs Lina Chiam (also known as Mdm Lina Loh) is currently the 2nd Vice-Chairman of the Singapore People’s Party – a newly created position. Her previous appointment in the CEC was just council member whereby she was in charge of the Potong Pasir Welfare Fund. Mr Chiam See Tong and Mr Sin Kek Tong remains as the Secretary-General and the Chairman respectively.

The CEC list is appended as follows :-

Chairman: Mr Sin Kek Tong
1st Vice-Chairman: Mr Yong Seng Fatt
2nd Vice-Chairman: Mdm Loh Woon Lee Lina

Secretary-General: Chiam See Tong
1st Asst Sec-General: Mr Wilfred Leung
2nd Asst Sec-General: Mr Jason Leong

1st Treasurer: Mr Sydney Soon S K
2nd Treasurer: Mr Yen Kim Khooi

Council Members
Mr Ting Sze Jiang
Mr Eric Koa Hean Hong
Mr Lee Hock Huat
Thompson Chua
Mr Bryan Chua
Mr Desmond Lim

Co-Opted Members
Mr Rai
Mr Mohd Hamim

 

[SNAblog]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1075563/1/.html

New faces appointed as SPP office bearers
By Teo Xuanwei. TODAY | Posted: 17 August 2010 0040 hrs

SINGAPORE: They might be newbies on the political scene but that did not stop the two new faces on the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) Central Executive Committee from being appointed as office bearers.

Product design manager Wilfred Leung has become SPP's new assistant secretary-general, taking over from Mr Desmond Lim Bak Chuan, who had long been Mr Chiam See Tong's right-hand man.

After SPP's two-hour long office-bearer selection meeting on Monday, Mrs Lina Chiam - who became the second vice-chairman, a newly-created post - said Mr Leung was selected because he "has been found to be very cooperative and very helpful, doing a lot of constituency work" since he emerged as a campaign manager during the last elections in 2006.

Asked if the 35-year-old is the eventual successor to secretary-general Mr Chiam, she said: "We'll give him a chance to help Mr Chiam and see how it goes ... in the long run."

Mr Chiam said: "The meeting went quite well. I'm quite happy with the results."

Mr Lim, who will not hold any post as a council member, told MediaCorp he was nominated to remain in his previous post, but withdrew "to give the younger members a chance to prove themselves".

On perception that a rift is forming within SPP, party chairman Sin Kek Tong said: "Impossible. Everything is settled." - TODAY

 

[Robert Half]

Why join the opposition ? wasting times

I rather spend times to develop my career better

 

[Perspective]

Chiam has won a victory within his party for a change, different from the SDP time :p

 

[Teo Kok Eng]

Mrs Lina Chiam (also known as Mdm Lina Loh) is currently the 2nd Vice-Chairman of the Singapore People’s Party – a newly created position.

Sigh, nepotism at work. Reminds me of MM position in the PAP camp, created for blood relations. :(