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Ng Chee Meng gets up close and personal with unionists
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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.
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Yuen Sin
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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.
