Teo faces fire from ex-UEC task force chair, rejects 'provocateur' charge
Published: Jan 27, 2026 11:54 PM | Updated: Jan 28, 2026 7:53 AM
Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching has strongly defended her longstanding advocacy for Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) recognition, dismissing allegations that she speaks differently to different communities or acts as a "provocateur" on the issue.
Teo took to Facebook today to respond to former UEC task force chairperson Eddin Khoo, who launched a scathing critique against her in a podcast show last week, accusing the DAP vice-chairperson of deliberately politicising the UEC issue for narrow political gains.
The cultural historian and writer, who chaired the task force from 2018 to 2020, painted the DAP politician as...
Ex-deputy minister says her stance on UEC is consistent.
What's wrong if Chinese graduates who can perform hold positions in the civil service rather than those who are inefficient and corrupt thus destroying the good name of the country. A good example is our minister of education who flip flops in the standard 1 entrance issue.