Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew

Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (simplified Chinese: 陈超耀; traditional Chinese: 陳超耀; pinyin: Chén Chāoyào) is a Malaysian lawyer and politician from the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) currently serving as assistant minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture in the Cabinet of Sarawak and member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Piasau. He is also secretary-general of SUPP since 2014.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ting (陳).
Yang Berhormat Datuk

Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew

PJN DIMP MLA
陳超耀
Secretary-General of the Sarawak United Peoples' Party
Assumed office
9 September 2014
PresidentSim Kui Hian
DeputySih Hua Tong
Ting Check Sii
Preceded bySim Kui Hian
Assistant Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture (Sarawak)
Assumed office
22 August 2019
MinisterAbdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
Chief MinisterAbang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
Preceded byLee Kim Shin
ConstituencyPiasau
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
for Piasau
Assumed office
9 May 2016
Preceded byAlan Ling Sie Kiong (DAP-PH)
Majority2,112 (2016)
Personal details
Born
Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew

Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Nationality Malaysia
Political partySarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP)
Other political
affiliations
ResidenceMiri, Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Early life and education

Ting attended the North London Polytechnic between 1979 and 1982 before graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) with second class honours, first division. Immediately after, he pursued his postgraduate studies at Darwin College, Cambridge and subsequently graduated with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) with second class honours, second division.[2][3] He returned to Malaysia upon completion of his studies and became a legal assistant at Wan Ullok Jugah Chin & Co Advocates in September 1984. From 1988 to April 2004, he served as the Managing Partner of the same law firm.[3]

Political career

Ting was political secretary to former Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities of Malaysia, Miri MP and former SUPP president Peter Chin Fah Kui for a period of nine years between May 2004 and April 2009 and later when Chin was reassigned as Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water until May 2013.[2][3] After Chin's retirement from public office in 2014, then-SUPP secretary-general and Ting's direct predecessor, Professor Dr. Sim Kui Hian, was elected as Chin's successor and Ting was subsequently made secretary-general.[1] Prior to this, he had already been serving the party in the capacity of Publicity and Information secretary.[4] He first tried his luck in an election for public office when he was nominated by SUPP as its candidate for the Miri parliamentary seat, but failed to win.[5]

In Ting's second election, he managed to win back the Piasau state seat from the Democratic Action Party's (DAP) Sarawak state liaison committee secretary, Alan Ling Sie Kiong, in a battle dubbed the "Battle of secretary-generals".[6][7] In late 2017, Ting retained his post as SUPP secretary-general for a third term between 2018 and 2020 after the party received no nomination forms for the office.[8][9] In the historic 14th Malaysian general election that took place in May 2018, Ting once again contested for the Miri parliamentary seat but yet again failed to wrestle the seat from the incumbent, Michael Teo Yu Keng of PKR.[10] The SUPP's disastrous showing in the election, where it only won one of the seven parliamentary seats it contested, led to some calling for Ting to resign as secretary-general, citing his supposed no-show post-election.[11]

On 22 August 2019, it was announced by the Chief Minister of Sarawak, Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg, that in a minor cabinet reshuffle, Ting was appointed as assistant Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture. Ting's predecessor and long-time assistant minister in the Government of Sarawak, Lee Kim Shin, was promoted to full ministership.[12][13]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 Miri Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (SUPP) 24,917 47.80% Michael Teo Yu Keng (PKR) 26,909 51.62% 52,813 1,992 74.21%
Chong Kon Fatt (STAR) 306 0.59%
2018 Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (SUPP) 22,076 38.18% Michael Teo Yu Keng (PKR) 35,739 61.82% 58,439 13,663 72.70%
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2016 Piasau Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (SUPP) 7,799 57.83% Alan Ling Sie Kiong (DAP) 5,687 42.17% 13,634 2,112 64.55%

Honours

See also

References
  1. "Dr Sim Kui Hian to be new SUPP president". Borneo Post. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. "SEBASTIAN TING CHIEW YEW" (in Malay). Sinar Harian. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. "Sealink International Bhd (SLKI.KL)". Reuters. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. "The 'new' SUPP team". 12 December 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. Joseph, Anthony (21 April 2013). "Miri sees three-cornered fight". Borneo Post. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. Lai, Cindy (26 April 2016). "Battle of secretary generals in Piasau". Borneo Post. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. "A sweet victory for humble Sebastian Ting in Piasau". Sarawakvoice.com. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. Lim, How Pim (21 December 2017). "Dr Sim: No contest for SUPP's top five posts tomorrow". Borneo Post. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  9. "Central Working Committee". Sarawak United Peoples' Party. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  10. "Will SUPP's Sebastian Ting unseat PKR's Michael Teo this time in Miri?". Free Malaysia Today. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  11. "SUPP Dudong leaders call on Ting to step down as secretary-general". Borneo Post. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  12. "Full list of new Sarawak Cabinet (Video)". Borneo Post. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  13. "Sarawak CM announces cabinet reshuffle". Malaysiakini. Bernama. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  14. "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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