Ng Suee Lim (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Suī-lîm) (born 13 July 1970) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari since August 2023 and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sekinchan since March 2004. He served as the 11th Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from June 2018 to June 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as the Assistant National Organising Secretary of DAP since March 2022.[1][2]
Ng Suee Lim | |
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黄瑞林 | |
Member of the Selangor State Executive Council | |
Assumed office 21 August 2023 (Local Government, New Village Development & Tourism) | |
Monarch | Sharafuddin |
Menteri Besar | Amirudin Shari |
Preceded by | Ng Sze Han (Local Government & New Village Development) Hee Loy Sian (Tourism) |
Constituency | Sekinchan |
11th Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly | |
In office 26 June 2018 – 23 June 2023 | |
Monarch | Sharafuddin |
Deputy | Mohd Khairuddin Othman (2018) Daroyah Alwi (2019–2020) Hasnul Baharuddin (2020–2023) |
Menteri Besar | Amirudin Shari |
Preceded by | Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan |
Succeeded by | Lau Weng San |
Constituency | Sekinchan |
Assistant National Organising Secretary of the Democratic Action Party | |
Assumed office 20 March 2022 Serving with Khoo Poay Tiong | |
National Organising Secretary | Steven Sim Chee Keong |
Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
National Chairman | Lim Guan Eng |
Preceded by | Thomas Su Keong Siong |
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Sekinchan | |
Assumed office 21 March 2004 | |
Preceded by | Chia Kim Lem (BN–MCA) |
Majority | 344 (2004) 190 (2008) 2,239 (2013) 2,844 (2018) 4,018 (2023) |
Faction represented in Selangor State Legislative Assembly | |
2004–2018 | Democratic Action Party |
2018– | Pakatan Harapan |
Personal details | |
Born | Ng Suee Lim 13 July 1970 Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
Children | 4 |
Education | Klang High School |
Occupation | Politician |
Political career
editNg Suee Lim got involved in politics especially DAP after reading a lot of media statements and books by the then DAP Secretary-General Lim Kit Siang since he was in Year 6 at 1981-1982. He always attends dinners organized by local political leaders to collect donations. In class, he always debated with the History teacher about some historical events until he was labeled as an opposition. In 1995, he became the head of DAP Kapar branch.
In 1999 general election, he was suggested by Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew and Teng Chang Khim to contest in the Sekinchan state seat because there were no more political veterans who wanted to contest there. He contested in 29 age and gaining 3,728 votes and lost with majority of 2,044 votes but won in the Malay community because he could speak Javanese.
In 2004 general election, many voters returned to support BN and many DAP, PKR and PAS candidates lost. But Ng Suee Lim won in Sekinchan with a majority of 344 votes. He became one of the only two members of the opposition party in the Selangor State Assembly at that time (the other was Teng Chang Khim).
In 2008 general election, he successfully defended the seat and got 5,403 votes with a majority of 190 votes.
Ng Suee Lim won the Sekinchan state seat in both the 2013 and 2018 general elections. On 26 June 2018, Ng Suee Lim was nominated as the new Speaker by Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari, Teng Chang Khim seconded the motion, and it was approved. Ng Suee Lim was sworn in at 10:07 in the morning.[3]
In 2023, he was appointed as Exco Selangor in charge of Local Government, New Village Development & Tourism.[4][5]
Election results
editYear | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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1999 | N05 Sekinchan | Ng Suee Lim (DAP) | 3,728 | 37.31% | Chia Kim Lem (MCA) | 5,772 | 57.77% | 10,406 | 2,044 | 71.67% | ||
Saari Kiban (IND) | 492 | 4.92% | ||||||||||
2004 | N04 Sekinchan | Ng Suee Lim (DAP) | 4,903 | 51.82% | Chia Kim Lem (MCA) | 4,559 | 48.18% | 9,848 | 344 | 76.05% | ||
2008 | Ng Suee Lim (DAP) | 5,403 | 50.89% | Puah Boon Choon (MCA) | 5,213 | 49.11% | 11,021 | 190 | 81.20% | |||
2013 | Ng Suee Lim (DAP) | 8,107 | 58.01% | Kek Seng Hooi (MCA) | 5,868 | 41.99% | 14,274 | 2,239 | 88.10% | |||
2018 | Ng Suee Lim (DAP) | 7,863 | 51.62% | Lee Yee Yuan (MCA) | 5,019 | 32.95% | 15,475 | 2,844 | 85.50% | |||
Mohd Fadzin Taslimin (PAS) | 2,351 | 15.43% | ||||||||||
2023 | Ng Suee Lim (DAP) | 10,232 | 62.22% | Goh Gaik Meng (BERSATU) | 6,214 | 37.78% | 16,628 | 4,018 | 69.47% |
Honours
edit- Selangor :
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) – Dato' (2023)[8]
References
edit- ^ "Calon PRN Ng Suee Lim". pru.sinarharian.com.my.
- ^ "Pakatan Harapan GE14 Candidate". calon.ubah.my. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ "Ng Suee Lim sworn in as Selangor state Speaker". www.thestar.com.my. 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Selangor MB, exco members to be sworn in on Monday". www.nst.com.my.
- ^ "Selangor MB announces 10 exco portfolios, takes on five". www.nst.com.my.
- ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ "The Queen heads honours list". www.the star.com.my. 11 December 2023.