Ong Ka Ting
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| Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting (Chinese : 黃家定)
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9th President of the Malaysian Chinese Association
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| Assumed office May 23, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik |
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| Majority | Chinese |
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Malaysian Minister of Housing and Local Government
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| In office 1999 – 18 March 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Dr. Ting Chew Peh |
| Succeeded by | Datuk Ong Ka Chuan |
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| In office 1990 – March 10, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Law Lai Heng @ Go Lai Heng |
| Succeeded by | None (constituency abolished) |
| Majority | 29,910 |
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Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tanjong Piai |
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| In office March 21, 2004 – February 13, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | None (constituency created) |
| Succeeded by | Wee Jeck Seng |
| Majority | 23,615 |
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| Assumed office March 8, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Lim Si Cheng |
| Majority | 11,744 |
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| Born | November 15, 1956 Perak |
| Political party | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) part of Barisan Nasional |
| Spouse | Datin Seri Wendy Chong Siew Mei |
| Children | Ong Li En Ong Xing Yang |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament |
| Religion | Buddhist |
| Website | http://www.ongkating.net/ |
Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting (Chinese: 黃家定; pinyin: Huáng Jiādìng) is a Malaysian politician and a former Minister of Housing and Local Government in the Malaysian cabinet. He is also the president of Malaysian Chinese Association and was the Member of Parliament for Kulai.
[edit] Early life
Ong was born on November 15, 1956 in Perak. He graduated from University of Malaya, majoring in Mathematics and Chemistry in 1980. He began his career as a teacher in Catholic High School in Petaling Jaya from 1981 until 1984.
He is married to Datin Seri Wendy Chong Siew Mei. The couple have two children — Li En and Xing Yang.
[edit] Political Career
From 1986 until 1990, Ong was the political secretary to the then Minister of Transport. After winning the general elections in 1990, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health from 26 October 1990 until 24 February 1991. Ong was next appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs from 25 February 1991 through April 1995, before being promoted to be the Deputy Minister of the same Ministry on 3 May 1993.
In 1999, he was promoted to become a full-fledged minister leading the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, a position he helms until today. In 2004, he retained his parliamentary seat of Tanjung Piai with a crushing 23,615 votes majority over the opposition candidate. In January 2008, he is appointed as Acting Health Minister following the resignation of Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek who involved in a sex scandal. Ong is said to be the mastermind behind the ex-health minister scandal.
In the 2008 general election, Ong succeeded in his bid for the Kulai Parliamentary seat. However, the election was marked by heavy losses for the ruling coalition, especially among candidates from the MCA and the Malaysian Indian Congress. In the subsequent Cabinet reshuffle, Ong was not retained as a member of the Cabinet by his request, as he wanted to focused his energies in restructuring and reengineering MCA to win back Chinese voters' support. His former Cabinet portfolio was handed over to his elder brother, Ong Ka Chuan, who is MCA Secretary-General, Perak MCA chief and MP of Tanjung Malim in Perak.
