By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Oct 5: The Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) is mourning the passing of veteran leader Datuk Song Swee Guan, who served the public in various local, state, and federal capacities throughout a distinguished political career.
In a recent statement, SUPP secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew paid tribute to Song, highlighting his notable appointments as Padungan assemblyman, Bandar Kuching Member of Parliament, Speaker of the Sarawak Legislative Assembly, and the inaugural Mayor of Kuching South.
Song played a pivotal role in the evolution of Kuching’s local government.
Before the municipality attained city status in 1988, he served as a councillor and chairman of the former Kuching Municipal Council.
