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Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr. Fong Chan Onn (Шаблон:Zh, born 29 February 1944) is a Malaysian politician and a former Minister of Human Resources. He is a former vice-president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the then-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He served as a Member of Parliament for Selandar from 1999 to 2004 and Alor Gajah from 2004 until 2013.

Profile

Fong received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. He went on to receive his MBA and PhD in Operations Research/Industrial Economics from University of Rochester, New York.

He began his career in the civil service as an engineer at the Kuala Lumpur Telecommunications Department. He later joined the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of Malaya, rising to become Dean in 1990.

Political career

Fong was elected as the Member of Parliament for Selandar in the 1990, 1995, 1999 general elections and for Alor Gajah constituency in the 2004, 2008 general elections .[1]

Fong became an MCA vice-president in 1996, but stepped down after the 2008 MCA elections when he lost his bid for re-election.[2]

From 1990 to 1999, he served as Deputy Minister of Education. Following the 1999 general elections, Fong was appointed Minister of Human Resources by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. He remained in that ministry until 2008, when he left the Cabinet, and retired from Parliament at the 2013 election.[3]

Post retirement, he became the Chairman of Enterprise Asia, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that is set up to champion entrepreneurship development in Asia.[4]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[5][6]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1990 P111 Selandar, Malacca Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Шаблон:Nowrap (MCA) 19,120 68.68% Шаблон:Party shading/S46 | Samat Abdullah (S46) 8,719 31.32% 28,737 10,401 75.66%
1995 P121 Selandar, Malacca Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Шаблон:Nowrap (MCA) 28,366 84.54% Шаблон:Party shading/S46 | Burkhan Abdullah (S46) 5,186 15.46% 35,160 23,180 73.80%
1999 Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Шаблон:Nowrap (MCA) 23,055 65.18% Шаблон:Party shading/Keadilan | Chua Tian Chang (keADILan) 12,316 34.82% 36,525 10,739 73.70%
2004 P135 Alor Gajah, Malacca Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Шаблон:Nowrap (MCA) 29,920 76.05% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Goh Leong San (DAP) 7,372 18.74% 39,343 22,548 76.26%
2008 Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Шаблон:Nowrap (MCA) 26,354 66.18% Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Tan Lay Siang (DAP) 13,470 33.82% 41,854 12,884 77.37%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Personal life

Fong is also an avid photographer and has won awards for his images. For two consecutive years he has won The Societies Photographer of Year (2018 [10] and 2019 [11]) gaining international success for his photography.

See also

References

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External links

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