Reform Party's new head

April 27, 2009
Reform Party's new head
By Kor Kian Beng & Jeremy Au Yong

A MONTH after joining the fledgling Reform Party founded by his father, hedge fund manager Kenneth Jeyaretnam has taken over as its secretary-general.

At the same time, a long-time ally of the late Mr J B Jeyaretnam and a co-founder of the party, quit after falling out with the younger Jeyaretnam.

The party issued a statement on Monday announcing the appointment of Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam as secretary-general, Mr Edmund Ng as interim chairman, and Mr James Teo Kian Chye as interim treasurer.

The statement also announced the resignation of Mr Ng Teck Siong as chairman following a vote of no confidence against him.

The latter, a long-time ally of the senior Jeyaretnam, told The Straits Times separately that he had quit the party completely.

Opposition sources say Mr Ng fell out of favour because he was slow in appointing a new secretary-general, the post held by Mr J B Jeyaretnam before he died of heart failure last September, two months after setting up the party.

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