GEORGE TOWN: State Gerakan Youth secretary Oh Teong Keong defeated Youth committee member Dr Thor Teong Ghee to secure the Youth chief post here last night.
Oh's win was expected as he had been helping outgoing state party Youth chief Huan Cheng Guan to carry out his duties over the past year when Huan was away on official trips.
Oh said his immediate task was to unite all Youth members following the party's dismal performance in the March 8 general election.
"I will get Dr Thor to help me as our friendship goes back a long way," he said at the state Gerakan headquarters here.Dr Thor said he would leave it to the new leadership to see if his services were needed.
"This contest is based on the satu hati (one heart) spirit. Oh and I will close ranks to fight together for the party's interest."
Oh polled 140 votes while Dr Thor garnered 63 votes.
Earlier, speaking at the state Gerakan Wanita and Youth delegates conference, acting party president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said the contest for the various positions in the party showed the strong fighting spirit among members although they knew there would not be any government post waiting for them, unlike previously when Gerakan was in power.
"We should continue to strengthen our commitment and organisation without which we have nothing to leverage on." Koh said the party would map out its future direction soon as it required thinking and strategy and was not based solely on sentiments.
Ng Siew Lai won the state Gerakan Wanita chief post unopposed. She has held the position since 2000.Both the Wanita and Youth wings also passed a resolution calling for the review of the Internal Security Act.
They also called on the government to take stern action against those responsible for inciting hatred and creating racial disharmony
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