Ong Ka Chuan

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Yang Berhormat Menteri Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan
Malaysian Minister of Housing and Local Government
Incumbent
Assumed office March 18, 2008
Preceded by	Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tanjong Malim
Incumbent
Assumed office March 8, 2008
Preceded by	Dato' Loke Yuen Yow
Majority	5,422

Political party	Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) part of Barisan Nasional
Spouse	Datin Seri Chan Beng Choo
Children	2
Religion	Buddhist

Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan is a Malaysian politician and the current Minister of Housing and Local Government in the Malaysian cabinet. He is also secretary-general of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and Perak MCA chairman.

Ong is the older brother of MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting. He has been appointed as Housing and Local Government Minister after Ka Ting declined a Cabinet post.

Born in Kota Tampan New Village in Lenggong, Perak, Ong has a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Universiti Malaya. He worked as a teacher in Keng Chee Chinese Primary School, Pulau Ketam (1977 to 1979) and in Confucius School, Kuala Lumpur from 1982 to 1985.

Ong joined the MCA in 1978 and actively participated in politics. He was the Chenderiang state assemblyman for four terms from 1986 to 1999. In the just concluded 2008 general election, Ka Chuan was elected as Tanjung Malim Member of Parliament, winning the seat by a 5,422 majority.

Ong has stated that he wished he could bring more development to Perak, adding it had been nearly 10 years since the state MCA had a minister.^[1]

He is married to Datin Chan Beng Choo and is blessed with two children.