SENIOR Parliamentary Secretary Teo Ser Luck is the new chairman of the People's Action Party's youth wing.

Mr Teo, 40, takes over from Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, 47, Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports.

The new appointment, made at the Young PAP (YP) convention yesterday, marks the first time the entire 31-member leadership of YP has been drawn from the post-independence generation.

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