Incoming labour chief

Ng Chee Meng gets up close and personal with unionists

NTUC deputy secretary-general Ng Chee Meng (in orange) with rally participants at Downtown East yesterday. He had worked closely with the teachers' and transport workers' unions before his new appointment.
NTUC deputy secretary-general Ng Chee Meng (in orange) with rally participants at Downtown East yesterday. He had worked closely with the teachers' and transport workers' unions before his new appointment.ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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May 2, 2018, 5:00 am SGT
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Minutes before they marched into the conference hall, flag bearers from various unions were teasingly prodded by Mr Ng Chee Meng with the command: "Chests out, stomachs in!"

The men and women laughed - and stiffened their backs.

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