Yap Pian Hon

Yap Pian Hon (; born 4 November 1943) is a Malaysian politician from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN). He is a veteran party leader from the state of Selangor, Malaysia.

Yap was a former Democratic Action Party (DAP) member and had left the party for MCA in 1974.

Political career Yap was the Selangor State Legislative Assemblyman for Serdang (Selangor state constituency) for five terms; representing DAP (1969-1974) and MCA (1974-1978; 1982–1995). Then Yap served as the Member of Parliament for Serdang (federal constituency) for three terms from 1995 to 2008. In the 2013 general election Yap was energetic and optimistic for being nominated again as the BN candidate for the Serdang parliamentary seat although already in his seventies.Fadzillah Aishah Ismail. "MCA Veteran Yap Pian Hon Renominated For Trademark Serdang Seat", Bernama, Serdang, 16 April 2013. Retrieved on 17 April 2013. ABN News 16 April 2013 Retrieved on 17 April 2013. Somehow, unluckily he lost.

Yap joined DAP in 1968 and successfully stood for 1969 general election in Serdang state seat. He won but the state assembly was suspended from 1969 to 1971 upon national emergency declared because of 13 May incident in 1969. In 1973, Yap approached Selangor ruling BN's Menteri Besar Harun Idris for help to solve the problem of 50 families who were to be evicted after living for 50 years on mining land at the 8th mile Puchong Road to make way for a development project and the problem was solved in one month after the mining company allocated a piece of land for the families. Somehow Yap's actions had caused some disagreement and dispute with Lim Kit Siang, then party secretary-general. Yap quit DAP just before he got axed to be Independent. He joined MCA after being wooed by MCA president Lee San Choon in 1974 and stood for MCA in the 1974 general election.

Yap was an MCA former Youth chairman; a Serdang assemblyman and a Selangor executive councillor; was very outspoken regarding Chinese school and education matters. He was once detained under the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) during Operasi Lalang in 1987. He was also formerly three terms being one of MCA four vice-presidents from 1990 to 1999. He failed in his following attempts to be re-elected as the party vice-president again in 1999, 2005 and 2008 party elections. Despite being elected three times as vice-president, Yap was never recommended for the position of a minister or deputy minister, unlike the other vice-presidents. He was often described as “cat with nine lives” for his political tenacity.

One of his most notable contributions to the community of Serdang is the establishment of 1Malaysia Clinic in the Serdang area. The clinic would cater to almost 200,000 individuals in 30 housing areas in the particular area.SHALINI RAVINDRAN . "Bandar Tun Hussein Onn residents to get health clinic", The Star, Serdang, 28 March 2013. Retrieved on 17 April 2013.

Election results + Selangor State Legislative Assembly Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1969N17 Serdang (DAP)11,23458.65% (MCA)7,92041.35%20,0573,31470.14%1974N27 SerdangYap Pian Hon (MCA)3,58445.80% Lee Lam Thye (DAP)2,96537.89%8,25161978.23%Ching Tow (IND)98012.52% Pang Kuik My (PEKEMAS)2973.80%1978Yap Pian Hon (MCA)5,81347.00% (DAP)6,55453.00% N/A741N/A1982Yap Pian Hon (MCA)9,75363.17% Fong Kui Lun (DAP)5,68736.83%15,9004,06677.61%1986N30 SerdangYap Pian Hon (MCA)11,36761.27% Pan Su Peng (DAP)7,18438.73%18,8244,18368.51%1990Yap Pian Hon (MCA)12,93853.99% Pan Su Peng (DAP)11,02546.01%24,6801,91374.82%

+ Parliament of Malaysia Results only available from the 2004 election.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpposition(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1995P096 Serdang (MCA)32,75755.46% Lee Ban Chen (DAP)23,32039.49%60,6919,43777.35% (PAS)2,9835.05%1999Yap Pian Hon (MCA)37,21052.91%Wong Ang Peng (DAP)33,11147.09%72,6184,09976.56%2004P102 SerdangYap Pian Hon (MCA)34,49559.77% Wong Kok Yew (DAP)23,21540.23%59,85011,28075.92%2013Yap Pian Hon (MCA)37,03231.77% (DAP)79,23867.98%118,31442,20688.87%

Honours

Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1977)

Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) – Dato' (1985) Companion of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SMS) (1980) Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK)

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