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Prof. Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...
Dato Sri
Dr. Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...
Sim Kui Hian (; born 18 August 1965) is a
Malaysian Malaysian may refer to: * Something from or related to Malaysia, a country in Southeast Asia * Malaysian Malay, a dialect of Malay language spoken mainly in Malaysia * Malaysian people, people who are identified with the country of Malaysia regard ...
politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
and
cardiologist Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular hear ...
who is serving as the
Deputy Premier A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...
of
Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...
and the territory's Minister of Public Health, Housing and Local Government Sarawak in the
Gabungan Parti Sarawak The Sarawak Parties Alliance (Malay: ''Gabungan Parti Sarawak''; abbrev: GPS) is a Sarawak-based national political alliance in Malaysia. It was established in 2018 by four former Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties operating solely in Sa ...
(GPS) administration under Premier
Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Abang Haji Openg ( Jawi: ابڠ عبد الرحمن جوهري بن ابڠ اوڤيڠ; born 4 August 1950), familiarly known as Abang Jo or Abang Johari, is a Malaysian politician who has served as Premier of ...
since January 2022, as well as an elected representative for the constituency of N14 Batu Kawah in the
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly The Sarawak State Legislative Assembly is the legislative chamber of the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Sarawak; the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak forms the other part of the legislature. The Assembly is modelled after the ...
(DUN) since May 2016. Dr. Sim is Sarawak's first deputy premier (a title formerly known as deputy chief minister) of
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
descent in more than a decade after
George Chan Hong Nam Tan Sri Datuk Patinggi Dr. George Chan Hong Nam (; born 24 September 1936), is the former Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak, state Industrial Development Minister and state Tourism and Heritage Minister. He is now the former member of the Sar ...
stepped down in 2011. Previously, he served as the Minister of Local Government Sarawak from May 2016 to January 2017 under the late
Adenan Satem Pehin Sri Tan Sri Haji Adenan bin Haji Satem ( ms, حاج عدنان بن حاج صتيم , label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 27 January 1944 – 11 January 2017), popularly known as Tok Nan, was a Malaysian politician who served as the ...
's cabinet, and Minister of Local Government and Housing Sarawak from January 2017 to December 2021 under Abang Johari's first cabinet. He also had served as
Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
in the
Parliament of Malaysia The Parliament of Malaysia ( ms, Parlimen Malaysia) is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives, Literal translation, lit. "People's A ...
from April 2014 to April 2017. Additionally, he holds
watching brief
role which gives him oversight over several Malaysian federal government departments operating in the territory, namely the Sarawak Health Department and the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department. He is a member of the
Sarawak United Peoples' Party The Sarawak United Peoples' Party, or SUPP (; ms, Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak; Iban: ''Gerempong Sa'ati Rayat Sarawak'') is a multiracial centre-right local political party of Malaysia based in Sarawak. The SUPP president is Dr. Sim Kui Hi ...
(SUPP), which he is the Party President since September 2014. He is also one of the founding Vice-Chairmen of the
GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a Radionavigation-satellite service, satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of t ...
coalition, in which SUPP is a co-founding component party. While acknowledging that Sarawak is part of
Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
, Dr. Sim is one of the most vocal and consistent proponents for more Sarawakian autonomous power and rights, based on the unique contexts of the Malaysia's formation as originally outlined in the
Malaysia Agreement The Malaysia Agreement or the Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore (MA63) was the agreement which combined North Borneo, Sarawak, ...
1963, Inter-Governmental Committee Report and recommendations, and the Report of the
Cobbold Commission The Cobbold Commission, was a Commission of Enquiry set up to determine whether the people of Crown Colony of North Borneo, North Borneo (now Sabah) and Crown Colony of Sarawak, Sarawak supported the proposal to create the Federation of Malaysia ...
.


Background

The son of the late
Tan Sri The Malay language has a complex system of styles, titles and honorifics which are used extensively in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the southern Philippines. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and several provinces in Indonesia regul ...
Datuk Amar Sim Kheng Hong () who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1974 to 1991, Dr. Sim was no stranger to Sarawakian politics since his childhood. He received his primary education at Chung Hua Primary School No.4 and his secondary education in St. Joseph's Secondary School,
Kuching Kuching (), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River ...
. After that, he completed his Higher School Certificate at St. Bede's College in Mentone, Victoria, Australia. He subsequently graduated with an
MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...
from
Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...
's Alfred Medical School and completed his cardiology fellowship at
Monash Medical Centre Monash Medical Centre (MMC) is a teaching hospital in Melbourne, Australia. It provides specialist tertiary-level healthcare to the Melbourne's south-east. Monash Medical Centre is part of Monash Health, the largest public health service in Vic ...
in Melbourne. Nonetheless, his father's personal values and passion in public service had rubbed-off on his character, and a chance to serve his homeland came when Dr. Sim found out that the
Sarawak General Hospital Sarawak General Hospital (Malay: ''Hospital Umum Sarawak'') is the largest hospital in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the main tertiary and referral hospital in East Malaysia. In its earlier years it was known as Kuching General Hospita ...
(SGH) was attempting to set up a cardiology unit. He soon left his practice and returned in 1998, after spending 17 years in Australia. In 2001, the Cardiology Department of SGH was set up. The department had progressively evolved into a cardiology centre (SGH Heart Centre, which later rename
Sarawak Heart Centre
with its own standalone facilities in Kota Samarahan and a recognised training centre for cardiothoracic surgeons. He started public service with the Ministry of Health Malaysia in 1998 at Grade U2 (equivalent to current Grade U48 today). He climbed public service ranks within the Ministry of Health to Grade JUSA C by age 37, and eventually to JUSA A (age 43) between 2003 and 2009, and after transitioning the leadership at the heart centre, Dr. Sim went on to active politics. His maiden contest for public office was in the 2011 Sarawak Elections which he lost. Five years later, he contested and won in the 2016 Sarawak Elections. Dr. Sim has a special background pertaining to Sarawak-China relations. In 1974, then Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Abdul Razak and Dr Sim's late father, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Sim Kheng Hong (who was with Deputy Chief of Mission Tun Jugah representing Sarawak in the delegation), were among the people who helped establish the foundations of Malaysia-China bilateral relationship.


Personal life

Dr. Sim is currently married to Datin Sri
associate professor Associate professor is an academic title with two principal meanings: in the North American system and that of the ''Commonwealth system''. Overview In the ''North American system'', used in the United States and many other countries, it is a ...
Enn Ong since 1991 and they have two sons. Unlike most doctor-turned-politicians who stopped practising medicine, Dr. Sim currently still holds a medical practising license and specialist license, and still makes frequent visits to the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH)'s Sarawak Heart Centre as a visiting senior consultant cardiologist. Having spent over 10 years as the inaugural head at the SGH Department of Cardiology (the third public cardiac centre by the Ministry of Health Malaysia) and subsequently as the inaugural head of its Clinical Research Centre (CRC), Dr. Sim is today the advisor at SGH CRC and advisor at the National Heart Association of Malaysia. He is also a board member of Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM), as well as an
adjunct professor An adjunct professor is a type of academic appointment in higher education who does not work at the establishment full-time. The terms of this appointment and the job security of the tenure vary in different parts of the world, however the genera ...
at the Faculty of Medicine & Health Science,
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS; en, University of Malaysia Sarawak) is a Malaysian public university located in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. UNIMAS was officially incorporated on 24 December 1992. Recently, UNIMAS has been ranked among top 20 ...
(UNIMAS). He is also a member in the Expert Writing Panel for Clinical Practise Guidelines on management in cardiovascular disease in Malaysia; a task force member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) on radiation protection in cardiology; and a member of
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(IAEA)’s Expert Panel on Radiological Protection of Patients. He is still active in professional conferences and research. Between 1996 and 2015, he participated as either a faculty member or speaker for more than 200 professional meetings in the US, Europe and Asian-Pacific; made over 200 scientific abstract presentations; over 50 scientific publications (including
NEJM ''The New England Journal of Medicine'' (''NEJM'') is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals as well as the oldest continuously published one. Hist ...
); and over 125 clinical trials as a
principal investigator In many countries, the term principal investigator (PI) refers to the holder of an independent grant and the lead researcher for the grant project, usually in the sciences, such as a laboratory study or a clinical trial. The phrase is also often us ...
. Other professional positions he holds include: the immediate past president, Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology (APSC); international governor steering committee (Asia Pacific region) of the American College of Cardiology; board member of World Heart Federation; executive committee member of the Asian Society of Cardiac Imaging (ASCI); council member and past president of the National Heart Association of Malaysia (NHAM); and the past secretary general of the Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (APSIC). His research interests include cardiac CT, cardiac MRI, metabolic syndrome and ACS biomarkers in the multi-ethic Asian community. He is a principal investigator/steering committee member in more than 100 multicentre clinical studies in Malaysia.


Professional Credentials

* Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians (
FRACP Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, abbreviated as the post-nominal initials FRACP, is a recognition of the completion of the prescribed postgraduate specialist training programme in internal adult or internal paediatric medicin ...
– Cardiology) * Fellow of American College of Cardiology ( FACC) * Fellow of Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Intervention, USA (FSCAI) * Fellow of Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand (FCSANZ) * Fellow of European Society of Cardiology ( FESC) * Fellow of Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (FAPSIC) * Fellow of ASEAN College of Cardiology (FAsCC) * Fellow of National Heart Association of Malaysia (FNHAM) * Fellow of American Heart Association (FAHA) * Fellow of College of Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology (FCAPSC) * Fellow of Academy of Medicine Malaysia ( FAMM)


Election results


Honours

* : ** Commander of the
Order of Meritorious Service The Distinguished Order of Meritorious Service ( ms, Darjah Yang Mulia Jasa Negara) is a Malaysian federal award presented for meritorious service to the country. It should not be confused with the Order of Merit The Order of Merit (french: ...
(PJN) – Datuk (2014) * : ** Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) - Dato Sri (2019)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sim, Kui Hian 1964 births Living people People from Sarawak Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Malaysian people of Hakka descent Malaysian cardiologists Sarawak United Peoples' Party politicians Members of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Members of the Dewan Negara Monash University alumni Fellows of the American College of Cardiology Commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service Knights Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak