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Dato' Seri Kerk Kim Tim @ Kerk Choo Ting (died 22 May 2018) was a former Taiping Member of Parliament and deputy president of the Malaysian People's Movement Party (Gerakan). He was also the former Deputy
Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (D.P.M.P.) - Dato’ (1997)
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Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (D.G.P.N.) - Dato’ Seri (2002)
Minister of International Trade and Industry
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and a Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based on Malaysia and Agriculture Agro-Based Industry II before being replaced by Mah Siew Keong. His ministry was led by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at the time.
In the 1970s, Kerk served as legal counsel of a Chinese independent high school
A Chinese independent high school () is a type of private high school in Malaysia. They provide secondary education in the Chinese language as the continuation of the primary education in Chinese national-type primary schools. The main m ...
association. In the 1982 Malaysian state election, Kerk stood as Gerakan candidate on a Chinese educationalist platform.
On May 22, 2018, Dato' Seri Kerk Choo Ting died.
Election results
Honours
* ** Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (D.P.M.P.) - Dato’ (1997)
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** Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (D.G.P.N.) - Dato’ Seri (2002)
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21st-century Malaysian politicians Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia politicians Government ministers of Malaysia 2018 deaths 1941 births {{Malaysia-politician-stub