Chong Ted Tsiung was the third mayor of Kuching City South Council

Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan

Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan or Kuching South City Council is a local authority which administrates Kuching city centre and other areas. This agency is under Ministry of Environment, Sarawak...

. He succeeded Chan Seng Khai

Chan Seng Khai

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...

 who was the second mayor of Kuching City South Council on 31 July 2006. He was the first non-politician to be appointed as a mayor of Kuching City South Council.

Early life

Born in a family of 9 in Kuching on 18 June 1956, he received his 6-year primary education at 10th Mile Chinese Primary School and his secondary education at Dragon Government Secondary' School, 24th Mile Kuching-Serian Road. In 1982, he graduated with a Bachelor Degree (Honours) in Public Administration from Demonfort University, Leicester, England, Later, in 1995 he obtained his Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management from. Hull University, UK.

External links

1. Press release by MBKS on late Mayor Chong Ted Tsiung
2. Kuching South City Council website