Chan Seng Khai
Mr. Chan Seng Khai 田承凯先生 | |
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2nd Kuching South Mayor | |
In office 1 February 1997 – 31 July 2006 | |
Deputy | Mohd Amin Hassan |
Preceded by | Datuk Song Swee Guan |
Succeeded by | Chong Ted Tsiung |
Personal details | |
Born | Kuching, Crown Colony of Sarawak | 1 January 1953
Nationality | Malaysian |
Political party | Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) - Barisan Nasional |
Chan Seng Khai 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.