Fong Chan Onn (, born 29 February 1944) is a Malaysian politician and a former Minister of Human Resources. He is a former vice-president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the then-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He served as a Member of Parliament for Selandar from 1999 to 2004 and Alor Gajah from 2004 until 2013.
Profile Fong received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. He went on to receive his MBA and PhD in Operations Research/Industrial Economics from University of Rochester, New York.
He began his career in the civil service as an engineer at the Kuala Lumpur Telecommunications Department. He later joined the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of Malaya, rising to become Dean in 1990.
Political career Fong was elected as the Member of Parliament for Selandar in the 1990, 1995, 1999 general elections and for Alor Gajah constituency in the 2004, 2008 general elections .
Fong became an MCA vice-president in 1996, but stepped down after the 2008 MCA elections when he lost his bid for re-election.Ong And Chua Win MCA Top Two Posts Bernama. 18 October 2008
From 1990 to 1999, he served as Deputy Minister of Education. Following the 1999 general elections, Fong was appointed Minister of Human Resources by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. He remained in that ministry until 2008, when he left the Cabinet, and retired from Parliament at the 2013 election.
Post retirement, he became the Chairman of Enterprise Asia, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that is set up to champion entrepreneurship development in Asia.
Election results + Parliament of Malaysia Percentage figures based on total turnout. Results only available from the 2004 election.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1990P111 Selandar (MCA)19,12068.68%Samat Abdullah (S46)8,71931.32%28,73710,40175.66%1995P121 Selandar (MCA)28,36684.54%Burkhan Abdullah (S46)5,18615.46%35,16023,18073.80%1999 (MCA)23,05565.18%Chua Tian Chang (keADILan)12,31634.82%36,52510,73973.70%2004P135 Alor Gajah (MCA)29,92076.05%Goh Leong San (DAP)7,37218.74%39,343 22,54876.26%2008 (MCA)26,35466.18% Tan Lay Siang (DAP)13,47033.82%41,85412,88477.37%
Honours Honours of Malaysia
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2011)
Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2005) Knight Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DCSM) – Datuk Wira (2003) Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (1995)
Personal life Fong is also an avid photographer and has won awards for his images. For two consecutive years he has won The Societies Photographer of Year (2018 and 2019 ) gaining international success for his photography.
See also Selandar (federal constituency) Alor Gajah (federal constituency)
References
External links Official blog