Yap Pian Hon

Datuk Yap Pian Hon (simplified Chinese: 叶炳汉; traditional Chinese: 葉炳漢; pinyin: Yè Bǐnghàn; Cantonese Yale: Yihp Bíng-hon; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ia̍p Péng-hàn; born 4 November 1943) is 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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yap (叶).
Yang Berbahagia Datuk

Yap Pian Hon
叶炳汉
Yap Pian Hon MCA strongman in Serdang
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Serdang (federal constituency)
In office
1995–2008
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byTeo Nie Ching (DAP-PR)
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Serdang (Selangor state constituency)
In office
1982–1995
Preceded byLee Lam Thye (DAP)
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
In office
1971 – 1978
(1969-1971 Assembly suspended of 13 May incident)
Preceded byThuan Paik Phok (MCA-Alliance)
Succeeded byLee Lam Thye (DAP)
Personal details
Born(1943-11-04)4 November 1943
(77 years, 97 days)
Serdang, Selangor, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
NationalityMalaysia
Political partyDAP (1968-1973)
Independent (1973-1974)
MCA (1974-present)
ResidenceSeri Kembangan
OccupationPolitician
Websitempserdang.blogspot.com
Yap Pian Hon
Traditional Chinese葉炳漢
Simplified Chinese叶炳汉

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.[1][2] Somehow, unluckily he lost.

Yap joined DAP in 1968 and successfully stand 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 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 wooed by MCA president Lee San Choon in 1974 and stand for MCA in 1974 general election.[3]

Yap was a MCA former Youth chairman; a Serdang assemblyman and a Selangor executive councillor; was very outspoken regarding Chinese school and education matters.[4] He was once detained under the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) during Operasi Lalang in 1987.[5] 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 been described as “cat with nine lives” for his political tenacity.[6]

One of his most notable contribution for the community of Serdang is the establishment of 1Malaysia Clinic in the Serdang area. The clinic would cater to almost 200,000 individual in 30 housing areas in the particular area.[7]

Election results
Selangor State Legislative Assembly: Serdang (Selangor state constituency)[8]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1969 Thuan Paik Phok (MCA) 7,920 41.35% Yap Pian Hon (DAP) 11,234 58.65% 20,057 3,314 70.14%
1974 Yap Pian Hon (MCA) 3,584 N/A Lee Lam Thye (DAP) 2,965 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pang Kuik My (PEKEMAS) N/A N/A
Ching Tow (IND) N/A N/A
1978 Yap Pian Hon (MCA) 5,813 47.00% Lee Lam Thye (DAP) 6,554 53.00% N/A 741 N/A
1982 Yap Pian Hon (MCA) 9,753 63.17% Fong Kui Lun (DAP) 5,687 36.83% 15,900 4,066 77.61%
1986 Yap Pian Hon (MCA) 11,367 61.27% Pan Su Peng (DAP) 7,184 38.73% 18,824 4,183 68.51%
1990 Yap Pian Hon (MCA) 12,938 53.99% Pan Su Peng (DAP) 11,025 46.01% 24,680 1,913 74.82%
Parliament of Malaysia: Serdang (federal constituency), Selangor.[9][10]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1995 Yap Pian Hon (MCA) 32,757 55.46% Lee Ban Chen (DAP) 23,320 39.49% 60,691 9,437 77.35%
Mohd Radzi Hussain (PAS) 2,983 5.05%
1999 Yap Pian Hon (MCA) 37,210 52.91% Wong Ang Peng (DAP) 33,111 47.09% 72,618 4,099 76.56%
2004 Yap Pian Hon (MCA) 34,495 59.77% Wong Kok Yew (DAP) 23,215 40.23% 59,850 11,28 75.92%
2013 Yap Pian Hon (MCA) 37,032 31.77% Ong Kian Ming (DAP) 79,238 67.98% 118,314 42,206 88.87%

See also

References
  1. Fadzillah Aishah Ismail. "MCA Veteran Yap Pian Hon Renominated For Trademark Serdang Seat", Bernama, Serdang, 16 April 2013. Retrieved on 17 April 2013.
  2. "GE13: 70-year-old Yap Pian Hon recalled to win back Serdang" ABN News 16 April 2013 Retrieved on 17 April 2013.
  3. "How 'Outsider' Yap Thrived, Despite Kit Siang And MCA". MT Webmaster. Malaysia Today. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. Lim Ai Sun, Bede Hong (26 October 2017). "MCA's Yap Pian Hon has no regrets over Chinese school stand". The Malaysian Insight. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  5. "They said I was a communist". The Star. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. Nick Choo (26 September 2008). "Yap Pian Hon makes another bid for the MCA vice-president's post". Bernama. The Nut Graph. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  7. SHALINI RAVINDRAN . "Bandar Tun Hussein Onn residents to get health clinic", The Star, Serdang, 28 March 2013. Retrieved on 17 April 2013.
  8. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  9. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  10. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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