Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew
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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), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He has served as State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak in charge of Tourism in the GPS administration under Chief Minister Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg and Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah since January 2022 and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Piasau since May 2016. He served as State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Sarawak from August 2019 to December 2021. He has also served as Secretary-General of SUPP since September 2014.[1]
Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew | |
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陳超耀 | |
State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak | |
Assumed office 4 January 2022 | |
Minister | Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah |
Governor | Abdul Taib Mahmud Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar |
Chief Minister | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
State Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Sarawak | |
In office 22 August 2019 – 18 December 2021 | |
Minister | Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah |
Governor | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
Chief Minister | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
Preceded by | Lee Kim Shin |
Constituency | Piasau |
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Piasau | |
Assumed office 7 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Alan Ling Sie Kiong (PH-DAP) |
Majority | 2,112 (2016) 4,988 (2021) |
Secretary-General of the Sarawak United Peoples' Party | |
Assumed office 9 September 2014 | |
President | Sim Kui Hian |
Deputy | Sih Hua Tong Ting Check Sii |
Preceded by | Sim Kui Hian |
Personal details | |
Born | Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew Crown Colony of Sarawak (now Sarawak, Malaysia) |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Nationality | Malaysia |
Political party | Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) (since 2004) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (2004–2018) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018) |
Residence(s) | Miri, Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia |
Alma mater | North London Polytechnic (LL.B.) Darwin College, Cambridge (LL.M.) |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |