Jason H'ng Mooi Lye

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{family name hatnote|H'ng (方)|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

| name = Jason H'ng Mooi Lye

| native_name = {{nobold|方美铼}}

| native_name_lang = zh-my

| honorific-suffix = MLA

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| office = Member of the
Penang State Executive Council
{{small|(Local Government, Town and Country Planning)}}

| governor = Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
{{small|(2023–2025)}}
Ramli Ngah Talib
{{small|(since 2025)}}

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Chow Kon Yeow

| predecessor = Jagdeep Singh Deo

| successor =

| term_start = 16 August 2023

| term_end =

| constituency = Jawi

| constituency_AM1 = Jawi

| assembly1 = Penang State Legislative

| term_start1 = 9 May 2018

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Soon Lip Chee
(PRDAP)

| successor1 =

| majority1 = 13,371 (2018)
15,319 (2023)

| birth_name = Jason H'ng Mooi Lye

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sungai Bakap, Penang, Malaysia

| residence =

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| nationality = Malaysia

| citizenship = Malaysian

| party = Democratic Action Party (DAP)
{{small|(since 2012)}}

| otherparty = Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2012–2015)}}
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

| occupation = Politician

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| alma_mater = University of Southern Queensland

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Jason H'ng Mooi Lye (born 23 June 1978) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow since August 2023 and Member of Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Jawi since May 2018. He is a member, State Organising Secretary of Penang and Division Chief of Nibong Tebal of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition.

Education

H'ng studied in SJK(C) Chong Kuang and SM Valdor. He has a Bachelor of Information Technology from the University of Southern Queensland.{{Cite web |title=火箭报{{!}} Facebook |url=https://zh-cn.facebook.com/therocket.zh/photos/a.1636007639840703/1648394241935376/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=zh-cn.facebook.com |language=zh-Hans}}

Political career

H'ng joined DAP in 2012. He was the Publicity Secretary for DAP Sungai Duri branch from 2013 to 2014 and Secretary for DAP Nibong Tebal division from 2013 to 2015. He was also a member of Seberang Perai City Council from 2013 to 2018, and was the Chief Whip of Seberang Perai City Council from 2017 to 2018. He is currently the Organising Secretary for DAP Penang and the Chairman of DAP Nibong Tebal division.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=Distance yourself from the traitors, DAP leaders told |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2023/08/937562/distance-yourself-traitors-dap-leaders-told |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=New Straits Times}}

Election results

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|+Penang State Legislative Assembly{{cite web |title=RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES |url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?type=pub&lang=BI&no=P.U.%20(B)%20326/2018 |access-date=2023-12-02 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417235115/https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?type=pub&lang=BI&no=P.U.%20(B)%20326/2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES |url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1852022/PUB%20373.pdf |access-date=2023-12-02 |archive-date=2023-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126082404/https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1852022/PUB%20373.pdf |url-status=dead }}

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct.

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct.

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan=5|2018

| rowspan=6|N19 Jawi

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| rowspan=5|{{nowrap|Jason H'ng Mooi Lye}} (DAP)

| rowspan=5 align=right|17,559

| rowspan=5|78.58%

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Kiew Hen Chong (GERAKAN)

| align=right|4,188

|18.74%

| rowspan="5" |22,778

| rowspan="5" |13,371

| rowspan="5" |85.30%

bgcolor={{party color|People's Alternative Party}} |

|Tan Beng Huat (PAP)

| align=right|309

| align=right|1.38%

bgcolor={{party color|Malaysian United Party}} |

|Koay Xing Boon (MUP)

| align=right|165

| align=right|0.74%

bgcolor={{party color|Penang Front Party}} |

|Daphne Edward (PFP)

| align=right|73

| align=right|0.33%

bgcolor={{Parti Rakyat Malaysia/meta/shading}} |

|Tan Chew Suan (PRM)

| align=right|51

| align=right|0.23%

2023

| {{Party shading/PH}} |

|Jason H'ng Mooi Lye (DAP)

| align=right|20,641

|79.50%

| bgcolor={{party color|Perikatan Nasional}} |

|Steven Koh Tien Yew (PAS)

| align=right|5,322

|20.50%

|26,284

|15,319

|71.81%

References