Lai Meng Chong (; born 3 September 1951) is a Malaysian politician of Chinese descent from the town of Machap Baru in Malacca state. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and holds the position of vice-chairman in the MCA's Alor Gajah division. Lai is also the political secretary to the Malaysian Minister of Human Resources, MCA vice-president and MP for Alor Gajah, Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn. He was nominated as the BN's candidate in the 2007 Machap by-election.
Election results + Malacca State Legislative Assembly Percentage figures based on total turnout. Results only available from the 2004 election.YearConstituencyCandidate VotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2007N08 Machap (MCA)5,53379.21%Liou Chen Kuang (DAP)1,452 20.79%7,151 4,08174.31% 2008 Lai Meng Chong (MCA)4,707 60.54% (PKR)3,06839.46%7,9861,639 77.10% 2013 Lai Meng Chong (MCA)5,003 50.46%Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PKR)4,85148.93%10,123152 86.65%Ravinther Sekaran (KITA)610.61%
Honours
Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1997)
Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2009) Member of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DSM) (2000) Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK)
See also 2007 Machap by-election Machap Jaya (state constituency)
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