Wee Ka Siong
Yang Berhormat Datuk Ir. Dr. Wee Ka Siong MP |
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魏家祥 | |
Minister in Prime Minister Department (Malaysia) | |
Assumed office 27 June 2014 |
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Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Deputy Education Minister I of Malaysia | |
In office 18 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 |
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Preceded by | Hon Choon Kim (1999–2008) |
Succeeded by | Mary Yap Kain Ching (PBS) |
Member of Parliament for Ayer Hitam, Johor |
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Assumed office 21 March 2004 |
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Preceded by | New constituency |
Majority | 7,310 (2013) |
MCA Youth Chief | |
Assumed office 13 October 2008 (win unopposed) |
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Preceded by | Liow Tiong Lai (2005–2008) |
Secretary General of MCA Youth | |
In office 20 August 2005 – 18 August 2008 |
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Preceded by | Liow Tiong Lai (2002–2005) |
Succeeded by | Chai Kim Sen (2008–2011) |
Malaysian Chinese Association Johor Bahru Division Chief | |
Assumed office 27 July 2008 |
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Preceded by | Freddie Long Hoo Hin (1993–2008) |
Malaysian Chinese Association Malacca State Liaison Committee chairman | |
Assumed office 11 November 2008 |
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Preceded by | Fong Chan Onn (2007–2008) |
Personal details | |
Born | Jasin, Malacca, Malaysia |
20 October 1968
Nationality | Malaysian |
Political party | MCA, Barisan Nasional |
Spouse(s) | Jessica Lim Hai Ean |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Johor Bahru, Johor |
Alma mater | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Nanyang Technological University |
Occupation | Politician |
Religion | Buddhism |
Website | weekasiong |
Datuk Ir. Dr. Wee Ka Siong (Chinese: 魏家祥; pinyin: Wèi Jiāxiáng; born 20 October 1968) is a Malaysian politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Ayer Hitam, Johor, (2004–present) and a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (2014–present). He was a Deputy Minister for Education from 2008 to 2013. He is the deputy president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a party in Malaysia's governing Barisan Nasional coalition.
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Biography
He was born in Jasin, Melaka to a Hakka clan and later brought up in Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. He attended the SJK(C) Yu Hsien primary school and Sekolah Menengah Datuk Bendahara Jasin, Melaka.[citation needed]
After finishing his SPM with flying colours, He studied Civil Engineering at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 1992–1997. During this time, he was the chairperson of the non-Muslim council.[citation needed]
He later pursued his Master in Traffic Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore from 1993 to 1996 and a PhD in Transportation Planning at the UTM from 1996 to 2001 . He is a qualified Civil Engineer and is a member of the Board of Engineering Malaysia (BEM).[citation needed]
He is married to Datin Lim Hai Ean (林海燕), a lawyer and they have 2 children, a daughter and a son.
MCA career
Wee, who speaks Malay, English and Mandarin, begin his political career in the Johor Bahru Malaysian Chinese Association, which he joined in 1992.[citation needed]. He was its Secretary General (Johor Bahru Division) from 1993 to 2005. After that, he is elected as Johor Bahru's MCA Majidi Branch chairman from 1996 to 2008, and became the MCA Johor Bahru Division Youth Chief from 2002 to 2008.[citation needed]
In 2005 during the National MCA Youth election, he was elected as the National MCA Youth Wing Secretary General, and was appointed as the National MCA Youth Education Bureau Chief (2005–2008). He was awarded The Outstanding Young Malaysian (TOYM) Award (Politics, Governmental Affairs & Legal)马来西亚十大杰出青年奖 by the Junior Chamber International Malaysia; this award was presented to him by Dato' Sri Ong Tee Keat, then Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, in Kuala Lumpur on 25 November 2005.[citation needed]
On 13 October 2008, Wee was elected unopposed as the MCA Youth Chief for the 2008–2011 term, taking over the position from the Health Minister, Dato' Sri Liow Tiong Lai. On 11 November 2008, Wee Ka Siong was elected to lead the MCA Malacca State Liaison Committee.[1] Prior to this, he was the secretary general for Malaysia Chinese Association Youth Wing.
In 2013, he contested, and won, the deputy presidency of the full party.[2]
Deputy Education Minister (2008–2013)
Under the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, he was given the mandate to continue leading the Education Ministry as a Deputy Education Minister along with Dr. Mohd Puad Zarkashi. His Education minister is the current Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
As minister, he reversed the decision to close the SJKC Damansara School, closed in 2001 because it "no longer provided a conducive learning environment because of traffic jams and noise pollution" due to a nearby trunk road. Its closure was opposed by some parents, who refused to transfer their children to its replacement.[3] When it reopened in late 2009, it was renamed 'SJKC Chung Hwa'.[4] He was given the mandate by the cabinet to handle and execute the Government's stimulus package in November last year[when?] that RM200mil will be given out in equal measure to Chinese, Tamil, religious (sekolah agam) and Mubaligh (mission) schools (each medium schools will be given RM50 Million).[citation needed]
Cabinet Minister (2014–)
After the MCA's disastrous performance in the 2013 election, losing eight of its fifteen seats, the MCA voluntarily withdrew from its ministerial positions. The party returned in 2014 and Wee, by then the deputy president of the party, was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister in the Department of Prime Minister Najib Razak.[5]
Electoral record
Year | Government | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2004 | Wee Ka Siong (MCA) | 20,065 | 82.34% | Mohd Zamri Mat Taksis (PAS) | 4,302 | 17.66% | 25,218 | 15,763 | 76.87% | ||
2008 | Wee Ka Siong (MCA) | 20,230 | 76.11% | Hussin Sujak (PAS) | 6,321 | 23.78% | 27,488 | 13,909 | 78.98% | ||
2013 | Wee Ka Siong (MCA) | 22,045 | 59.79% | Hu Pang Chaw (PAS) | 14,735 | 39.96% | 37,839 | 7,310 | 88.18% |
External links
- 家祥部落格Ka Siong Blog
- 魏家祥蓝色希望
- Wee Ka Siong MCA
- Vernacular schools assured of allocation
- MCA gears up for party polls
- Tambah peruntukan sekolah urus bil utiliti
References
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- ↑ Tan Ee Loo (6 December 2008). Sec 17 school now called Chung Hwa, The Star (Malaysia)
- ↑ Yeng Ai Chun (6 January 2009). "Government kept its word, says Wee" The Star (Malaysia)
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- 1968 births
- Living people
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- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- Malaysian engineers
- Malaysian politicians
- Malaysian Chinese Association politicians
- Malaysian Buddhists
- Nanyang Technological University alumni
- People from Malacca
- Members of the Dewan Rakyat
- Government ministers of Malaysia