DAPSY Penang Treasurer Steven Sim Chee Keong was honored as a Young Global Leader by the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF) on 7th March 2012.
Sim, who is Senior Executive Officer of state think tank Penang Institute, was one of the two Malaysians among the 191 winners selected by WEF. The other Malaysian awarded was Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai, Nurul Izzah Anwar.
The Young Global Leader awardees are chosen from among outstanding leaders below the age of 40 for their professional accomplishments and commitments to society. Sim and Nurul Izzah will join illustrious alumni including Google Founder Larry Page and UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
30-year old Sim was a former special assistant to DAP MP for Bukit Mertajam, Chong Eng. He currently serves as a local councilor in the Province Wellesley Municipal Council (MPSP).
At a press conference announcing the Young Global Leader award, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng expressed his pride that Sim, a Penangite, was selected by a top global gathering of world leaders for the award.
Sim noted that the honour was not his alone but a recognition by the global community of the importance of Penang and Malaysia in the world. – The Rocket
Gunther @ 3:16 PMwhy are you SO SURE that there is no truth in Utusan and the 2 bloggers alricte??did you follow Sarawak election and SEE FOR YOURSELF the dap goon’s banners??they EXPLOIT religion for votes – one banner reads “IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE CHRISTIANS”this is targetted at Malay speaking Bumiputras who are ChristiansI’m sure by now you get my drift.This meeting is a follow-up of their attempts to exploit religion to BUY over the Bumiputra Christians so that dap will have increased majorityso their promise of a christian PM is really to turn the bumiputras of Christian faith against other bumiputras thereby effectively splitting the majority.In the midst of this sneaky attempts, the ordinary peace-loving Christians are caught in betweenDap goons are TRULY irresponsible coz they could not care less about the disharmony and suspicions generated as evidenced in your anger at Utusan and the bloggers.All they care about is political mileage. The kalimah ALLAH issue and the Malay bibles are 2 factual events that point to their agenda.Get a hold of yourself and think thru otherwise dap has been SUCCESSFUl in their politically irresponsible campaign.