Chan Seng Khai Explained

Chan Seng Khai
Native Name Lang:zh-my
Order:2nd Kuching South Mayor
Term Start:1 January 1997
Term End:31 July 2005
Deputy:Mohd Amin Hassan
Predecessor:Song Swee Guan
Successor:Chong Ted Tsiung
Birth Date:19 July 1953
Birth Place:Kuching, Crown Colony of Sarawak
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) - Barisan Nasional

Chan Seng Khai was the second mayor of Kuching South City Council since 1997. He succeeded Datuk Song Swee Guan, who was the first mayor of the city, in 1988 when Kuching was elevated to City status and partitioned into South and North. Chan is a member of Sarawak United People's Party and elected state assemblyman of the Batu Lintang area in Kuching in 1991, 1996 and 2001. In 2006, during the Sarawak's state election, he lost in his re-election bid as state assemblyman to Democratic Action Party (DAP) candidate Voon Lee Shan.

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