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Place of Birth: Melaka, Malaysia
About Betty Chew
- Betty Chew Gek Cheng (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhou Yùqing; Pe?h-oe-ji: Chiu Ge?k-chheng; born 15 August 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 Minister of Finance of Malaysia who is also the Secretary-General of the DAP and the previous Chief Minister of the State of Penang, 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 a member of the DAP.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.
- Chew was "saddened by the results", but said she accepted her defeat.
- 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.In 2006, it was reported that Chew would become the first Malacca assemblyman to give birth while in office.
- At the time, Chew had 4 children with Lim.In 2008, Chew defeated newcomer Lee Kiat Lee for the Kota Laksamana seat where she had 11043 votes while Lee had only 3801 votes.
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