Yeow Chai Thiam
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| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Party | File:Flag of the Malaysian Chinese Association.svg Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
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| National University of Malaysia (UKM) | |
| Occupation | Physician |
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Yeow Chai Thiam (姚再添; 19 April 1953 – 7 January 2016) was a Malaysian politician and medical doctor. He was a Malaysian Federal Senator[1] for one term, gaining an appointment in 2009. He was a member of the Conservative Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and the former MCA Chairman [2] for the state of Negeri Sembilan, the MCA is part of the Federal ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition which has been Malaysia's ruling political party since independence in 1963. Yeow served as the Assemblyman for Jimah and Lukut in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for 20 years and was the State EXCO for Utilities and Local Government for two terms.
Personal life
Yeow was born and lived in Port Dickson, and was married with two children.[2]
Education
Yeow studied medicine in the National University of Malaysia (UKM) and received his Doctors of Human Letters from Summit University of Louisiana.
Founder of Mawar Renal Medical Center
Yeow was the founder and Chairman of Mawar Renal Medical Centre, a non-profit General Hospital with the largest network of kidney dialysis centres in Malaysia comprising a total of 14 branches.[3] The centre is renowned for making a profit in other hospital services in order to provide free or subsidised treatment for low income dialysis patients, and is one of the major contributions by the Late Dr Yeow to Malaysian society.[4]
Death
Yeow died at the age of 63 after a long battle with cancer at his home at Port Dickson on 7 January 2016.[5]
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 1986 | N23 Jimah | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 4,571 | 46.82% | M Kuppusamy (DAP) | 4,795 | 49.12% | 9,762 | 224 | 78.33% | ||
| John Fernandez (PPPM) | 64 | 0.66% | ||||||||||
| 1990 | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 6,684 | 58.70% | Hu Sepang (DAP) | 4,373 | 38.40% | 11,387 | 2,311 | 78.23% | |||
| 1995 | N32 Lukut | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 8,926 | 65.48% | Chen Hun Chong (DAP) | 4,289 | 31.46% | 13,632 | 4,637 | 74.79% | ||
| 1999 | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 8,055 | 59.37% | Lee Fui Ming (DAP) | 5,122 | 37.75% | 13,568 | 2,933 | 72.53% | |||
| 2004 | N30 Lukut | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 4,471 | 58.51% | Wong Hong Chuan (DAP) | 2,967 | 38.82% | 7,642 | 1,504 | 75.45% | ||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2008 | P130 Rasah | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 21,120 | 38.13% | Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 34,271 | 61.87% | 56,654 | 13,151 | 78.56% | ||
| 2013 | P128 Seremban | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 33,075 | 38.52% | Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 45,628 | 53.12% | 87,617 | 12,553 | 85.64% | ||
| Abdul Halim Abdullah (Berjasa) | 6,866 | 8.00% | ||||||||||
| Template:Party shading/Independent | | John Fernandez (IND) | 221 | 0.26% | |||||||||
| Template:Party shading/Independent | | Bujang Abu (IND) | 83 | 0.10% | |||||||||
Honours
- File:Flag of Negeri Sembilan.svg Negeri Sembilan
- File:MY-NEG Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan - DSNS - DPNS.png Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) – Dato' (1996)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Laman Web Rasmi Parlimen Malaysia - - Ahli Parlimen". Parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dr Yeow Chai Thiam appointed senator". The Nut Graph. 27 April 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mawar Renal Medical Centre". Mawar.com.my. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Voice Of Charity". mawarmedical.com/. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former Negri Sembilan MCA chief passes away". The Star. 27 April 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Bahasa Melayu). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Bahasa Melayu). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
External links
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