Kathleen Wong Mei Yin (; born 12 October 1970) is a political activist promoting unity and harmony in

Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...

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. Previously, she served as an Economic and Political Officer for the Australian High Commission in Malaysia. She acts as a liaison for the Australian and Malaysian government. She is a member 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 major component party of the

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...

(BN) coalition.

Education

Born and raised in

, Kathleen Wong or fondly known as Kat Wong received her primary and secondary school education in Methodist Girl School in

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. She later went on to pursue her A Level in Sunway College. She later went to New Zealand to

Waikato University , mottoeng = For The People , established = 1964; years ago , endowment = (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $263.6 million (31 December 2020) , chancellor = Sir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, KStJ , vice_chancellor = Neil Quigley , city ...

and obtained a bachelor's degree in Administration (1999).

Career in government agencies

Kathleen Wong served in various government ministries and office before she decided to go into politics. She served as an assistant registrar for the

n Election Commission (2005 to 2008), visiting board member for the Tengku Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (2004-2007) and Taman Ipoh/Canning Zone Coordinator for the

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City Council (2003-2005).

Joining politics

Kathleen Wong is the Deputy Director at Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (INSAP), a research center founded by the

(MCA). She holds various positions in MCA; and in the 2013 general election; she was chosen by the

committee to be the candidate to contest Ipoh Timor parliamentary seat but lost.New
"GE13: Three ministers to defend their seats in Perak"
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'', 17 April 2013. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. In the 2018 general election; she was picked as the BN candidate to contest Ipoh Timor seat and she lost again.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Kathleen 1970 births Living people People from Ipoh Malaysian people of Hokkien descent Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian Chinese Association politicians University of Waikato alumni 21st-century Malaysian politicians