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UPP Youth Central endorses new line-up

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Dr Johnical Rayong (seated third left), Yap Min Su (seated fourth left) and other members of UPP Youth Central Committee after the press conference yesterday.
Dr Johnical Rayong (seated third left), Yap Min Su (seated fourth left) and other members of UPP Youth Central Committee after the press conference yesterday.

KUCHING: United People’s Party (UPP) Youth Central  Committee endorsed its new line-up for 2018-2021 consisting of young entrepreneurs, engineers, educators  and professionals from different  fields at its meeting yesterday.

UPP Youth secretary  Yap Min Su told  a press conference   the  new line-up was announced after the UPP second Triennial Delegates Conference (TDC) in Sibu on July 7.

“The new line-up  will endeavour  to represent the voices of  young people  in our party and  campaign for the rights and interest of young people in the party and beyond,” he said.

“The youths of today are the future of tomorrow. UPP Youth Central  Committee is keen to explore the idea of setting up the  Putera  and Puteri wings to attract youths above 18 and below 21 years old  to join the party.

“The idea is to provide a platform for young people to get involved  in politics and  train them as future leaders of  Sarawak.”

Yap said UPP Central Youth Committee was unanimous in supporting the decision of the  Central Working Committee to rebrand the party and make it multi-racial.

He said the committee also pledged its full support for   Chief Minister  Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari  Tun Openg.

“We trust our Chief  Minister, with his  wisdom,  will  be able to resolve  the MA63 issue effectively and  lead Sarawak into the future,” he added.

Chairman of UPP Youth Central Committee, Dr Johnical Rayong Ngipa said the new line –up for the  2018-2021 term comprised 30 members and that 10%  of them were new faces.

“As we discussed just now, we’d like to form  the Putera  and Puteri  wings and we will do that through events and activities. We will focus on young people between  18 and 21 years old.

“Our new line –up was actually announced during  our last Triennial Delegates Conference (TDC) held in Sibu in July and today, we just endorsed it,  ” he explained.

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