By Shikin Louis
KUCHING, Oct 5: Datuk Song Swee Guan, the first Mayor of Kuching South, died peacefully at 3.30pm yesterday (Oct 4) at Sarawak General Hospital. He was 84.
Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian described Song as a long-serving Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) leader and loyal veteran party member, while paying tribute to his decades of service to Sarawak and the party.
“Comrade Song is not just a long-serving SUPP leader but an ADUN (assemblyman) and MP (Member of Parliament), Speaker of the Sarawak Legislative Assembly and first Mayor of the Kuching South City Council (MBKS),” he said in a condolence message posted on Facebook.
Dr Sim also expressed his deepest condolences to Song’s family, thanking him for his “service, sacrifices and dedications” to the people of Sarawak and SUPP.
