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GEORGE TOWN: Receiving the KSI Strategic Institute For Asia Pacific (KSI) lifetime achievement award is a tribute to colleagues and The Star, says Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai.
She was 74.
In a statement released by her husband Dr Choong Sim Poey, he said that Kee passed away at 2.40pm yesterday at Gleneagles Medical Centre here.
He said she passed away peacefully as he held her hand in her last hour as she slipped away.
“None of the drugs or machines could help her.
“I talked to her and told her hundreds of friends wished her well.
“We had a long 45-year journey together which ended too soon.
“I told her that our memories will never die,” he said.
Both Kee and Dr Choong tested positive for Covid-19 last month and were hospitalised.
GEORGE TOWN: Lawyer and philanthropist Datuk Seri Khoo Keat Siew will be remembered and missed for his enormous heart and will to make the community a better place for everyone.
AND then there were five.
Now that Gerakan has joined the Perikatan Nasional coalition, it has five members: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, PAS, Sabah STAR and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP).
On Thursday, in a ceremony with Gerakan president Datuk Dr Dominic Lau, Perikatan chairman and Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin formally accept the party as a coalition member.
The last poll the party contested was the Tanjung Piai by-election in Johor in November 2019, where it stood as a third force. It received 1,707 votes while Bersatu/Pakatan Harapan garnered 10,380 votes and MCA/Barisan Nasional won by a landslide of 25,466 votes.