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I.           PERSONAL 

 

NAME                                     :           LIEW VUI KEONG

 

CURRENT POSITION           :          i.     Member of Parliament (M.P) for Sandakan (P.186)

                                                                        

                                                                        ii.    Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister Department, Putrajaya, Malaysia.

                                                          

            YEAR OF BIRTH                   :          1960

 

PLACE OF BIRTH                :           Kota Belud, Sabah

 

RACE                                     :           Sino/DusunKadazan

 

MARITAL STATUS               :           Married with 5 Children

 

WIFE                                      :           Dr. Lindai Lee              

 

 

II.             EDUCATION

 

            PRIMARY EDUCATION              :           Chung Hwa School, Kota Belud.

 

            SECONDARY EDUCATION      :           i.    Sekolah Menengah Kerajaan Arsad, Kota Belud.

                                                                              ii.    Sekolah Menengah All Saints, Kota Kinabalu.

           

            HIGHER EDUCATION                 :            i.    Tresham College, Kettering, England.

                                                                                ii.    University of North London, England

 

            PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION :           i.     Council of Legal Education, London, England.

                                                                                ii.    Inns of Court, London, England,

                

III.        QUALIFICATION                     :            i.    Diploma in Business & Finance

                                                                              ii.   LLB. (Hons) [N. London]

                                                                             iii.   Barrister At Law (P.1)

                                                                             iv.   Certificate of Legal Practice.          

 

IV.        PROFESSION                           :           Advocate

 

 

CAREER

 

 

I.            GOVERNMENT      

 

 2009 (April)                           :           Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Malaysia

 

 2008 (March)                        :           Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Malaysia

 

 

II.        POLITICS

 

            2008 (March)                         :           Elected Member of Parliament for Sandakan (P.186)

           

            2006                                       :          i.    President, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

                                                                      ii.     Chairman, LDP Elopura Division, Sandakan

 

2004                                       :          i.    Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

                                                          ii.    Chairman, LDP Kapayan Division, Kota Kinabalu 

 

1999                                       :           Assistant Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party

 

1994                                       :           Chairman, LDP Usukan Division, Kota Belud.

                                          

 

 

 MEMBERSHIP

 

 

PROFESSIONAL                           

    i.        Malaysian Bar Council

                                                                ii.       Sabah Law Association

                                                                iii.      Lincoln’s Inns, London

 

 

*LEGAL ADVISOR TO 20 ASSOCIATIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION IN SABAH SINCE 1991.

                                                            

 

SPOKEN LANGUAGES

 

        Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Kadazan and Bajau

 

 

STATE AWARDS

 

 

STATE OF SABAH

 

1979                           :           A.D.K.                                                                                                                                                            

2004                           :           Justice of the Peace [J.P.]                                                                       

 

2006                           :           Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu [PDGK]                                 

                                                which carries the tittle “DATUK”.