Tan Sri Datuk Seri
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Dr. Fong Chan Onn (, born 29 February 1944) is a
Malaysian politician
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and a former
Minister of Human Resources. He is a former vice-president of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...
(MCA), a component party of the then-ruling
Barisan Nasional
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(BN) coalition. He served as a
Member of Parliament
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for
Selandar from 1999 to 2004 and
Alor Gajah from 2004 until 2013.
Profile
Fong received his
bachelor's degree
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in
electrical engineering
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from the
University of Canterbury
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in
New Zealand
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. He went on to receive his
MBA and PhD in Operations Research/Industrial Economics from
University of Rochester
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,
New York
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Film and television
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He began his career in the civil service as an engineer at the
Kuala Lumpur
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Telecommunications Department. He later joined the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the
University of Malaya
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, rising to become Dean in 1990.
Political career
Fong was elected as the Member of Parliament for Selandar in the
1990
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,
1995
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,
1999
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general elections and for Alor Gajah constituency in the
2004
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Events January
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,
2008
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general elections .
Fong became an MCA vice-president in 1996, but stepped down after the 2008 MCA elections when he lost his bid for re-election.
From 1990 to 1999, he served as
Deputy Minister of Education. Following the
1999 general elections, Fong was appointed Minister of Human Resources. He remained in that ministry until 2008, when he left the Cabinet, and retired from Parliament at the
2013 election.
Post retirement, he became the Chairman of Enterprise Asia, a
non-governmental organisation
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(NGO) that is set up to champion entrepreneurship development in Asia.
Election results
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
* :
**
Commander of the
Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2010)
* :
**
Companion Class I of the
Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (1993)
**
Knight Commander of the
Exalted Order of Malacca (DCSM) – Datuk Wira (2003)
**
Grand Commander of the
Exalted Order of Malacca (DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2005)
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 and 2019
) gaining international success for his photography.
See also
*
Selandar (federal constituency)
*
Alor Gajah (federal constituency)
Alor Gajah is a federal constituency in Alor Gajah District and Jasin District, Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return ...
References
External links
Official blog
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1944 births
People from Negeri Sembilan
Malaysian people of Cantonese descent
Malaysian engineers
Government ministers of Malaysia
21st-century Malaysian politicians
University of Rochester alumni
Living people
Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent
Malaysian Chinese Association politicians
University of Canterbury alumni
Malaysian Buddhists
Members of the Dewan Rakyat
Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia