Betty Chew

Betty Chew

Infobox_Politician
honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Puan
name = Betty Chew Gek Cheng


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birth_place = Malaysia
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term_start = November 29 1999
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predecessor = "new constituency"
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majority = 7,242
constituency_AM = Kota Laksamana
assembly = Malacca State
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party = flagicon|Malaysia Democratic Action Party - Pakatan Rakyat
nationality = Malaysian
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occupation = Civil Servant
relations = Wife of Lim Guan Eng
spouse = YAB Tuan Lim Guan Eng
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children = 4
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Betty Chew (born 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 Chief Minister of the State of Penang who also the Secretary-General of the DAP, YAB Tuan 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 of the DAP. [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/19/nation/12907765&sec=nation "Guan Eng and wife voted out of Malacca DAP committee"] . (Dec. 20, 2005). "The Star (Malaysia)".]

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. [ [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/20/nation/12912017&sec=nation "Betty upset over her ouster"] . (Dec. 19, 2005). "The Star (Malaysia)".] 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. [Beh, Lih Yi (Dec. 19, 2005). [http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/44731 "Mr and Mrs Lim's defeat a 'conspiracy'"] . "Malaysiakini".]

In 2006, it was reported that Chew would become the first Malacca assemblyman to give birth while in office. At the time, Chew had three children with Lim: Rachael, aged 15, Clint, aged 14, and Marcus, aged 11. [ [http://malaysia-today.net/blog2006/newsncom.php?itemid=1575 Conflicts and developments] . (Dec. 29, 2006). "Malaysia Today".]

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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