TUESDAY-4TH DECEMBER 2007-EX-PENANG STATE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER DIES

Ex-Penang state assembly speaker dies
PENANG:
Former Penang State Legislative Assembly speaker Datuk Ooi Ean Kwong died of a heart attack at the Sungai Bakap Hospital yesterday. He was 65.
Ooi, who breathed his last at 2. 4Opm, served as the State Legislative Assembly speaker for four years from September 1986.
His body was brought to his residence at Jalan Sungai Ara 1, Bayan Lepas for funeral services.
Ooi is survived by wife Datin Tan Siew Geok, son Ooi Ai Ki and daughter Ooi Ai Ling, said a statement from the Penang Chief Minister’s Office.
Ooi started his political career with the DAP and became Kampung Kolam assemblyman in 1978 when he was 36.
He later joined Gerakan and contested the Jelutong parliamentary seat in the 1982 general election but lost to DAP’s Karpal Singh.