Betty Chew

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Yang Berhormat Puan Betty Chew Gek Cheng
Member of the Malacca State Assembly for Kota Laksamana
Incumbent
Assumed office November 29, 1999
Preceded by	new constituency
Majority	7,242

Nationality	Malaysian
Political party	Democratic Action Party - Pakatan Rakyat
Spouse	YAB Tuan Lim Guan Eng
Relations	Wife of Lim Guan Eng
Children	4
Occupation	Civil Servant

Betty Chew (born 1964) is a Malaysian Chinese politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP). As of 2005, she is the chief of the DAP Malacca women's wing, and also represents the constituency of Kota Laksamana in the State Assembly of Malacca. She is also married to the current Chief Minister of the State of Penang who also the Secretary-General of the DAP, YAB Tuan Lim Guan Eng, and is the daughter-in-law of the former Opposition Leader in the Parliament of Malaysia, Lim Kit Siang, who is also of the DAP. ^[1]

In 2005, she suffered a surprise defeat when running for re-election to the DAP Malacca committee, placing second-last, finishing ahead of only her husband. However, while her husband automatically qualified to sit on the committee by virtue of his position as party Secretary-General, Chew did not. ^[1] Chew was "saddened by the results", but said she accepted her defeat. ^[2] However, Teresa Kok, a DAP Member of Parliament, suggested there was a conspiracy behind the defeat of Lim and Chew in their re-election campaigns. ^[3]

In 2006, it was reported that Chew would become the first Malacca assemblyman to give birth while in office. At the time, Chew had three children with Lim: Rachael, aged 15, Clint, aged 14, and Marcus, aged 11.^[4]

In 2008 , Chew defeated newcomer Lee Kiat Lee for the Kota Laksamana seat where she had 11043 votes while Lee had only 3801 votes.