Posted on July 7, 2011, Thursday
Larry Sng
KUCHING: Former assistant minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Larry Sng yesterday casually confirmed what Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud had told reporters.
When contacted Sng the former Pelagus assemblyman said he started helming the youth advisor post in the Chief Minister’s Department on July 3.
Happy with the appointment, Sng quipped: “I am now looking for an office before I can start work.”
He said the name of the new post might be different from the previous one but the role and function should be the same.
Planning ways to develop volunteerism among youths would be a good start in the appointment, as revealed in his facebook.
When approached by reporters on July 1, Taib confirmed their speculation that Sng would be going back into the government’s fold without giving any details.
Sng failed to get re-nominated to defend Pelagus for the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the last state polls because he was party less.
He was sacked by Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) for insubordination prompting the Registrar of Societies to intervene in party affairs and concluded in April 2009 that (Tan Sri) Dr James Masing was the rightful president following a leadership crisis.
Taib, however, kept Sng in the government and even hinted to Masing and PRS that Sng’s rightful place was in BN by adding one assistant portfolio on top of the previous two.
The party’s stand to shut Sng out appeared costly because Pelagus now fell into opposition’s hand in the April 16 election.
The Borneo Post published a speculative story on June 30 about Sng’s possible appointment, who is now one of those who has made it into the list of major surprises by Taib.
The last of Taib’s major surprises was when Tan Sri Datuk Amar Adenan Satem became Special Advisor in the Chief Minister’s Department. Adenan, also Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Information chief and Tanjung Datu assemblyman, is now Special Function Minister in the same department.
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