Ong Ka Ting

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri

| name = Ong Ka Ting

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|黄家定}}}}

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100|country=MYS|PMN|SPMP (Perak)|DPMP (Perak)|DPMS}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lenggong, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)

| residence =

| death_date =

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| office1 = Acting Minister of Health

| monarch1 = Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin

| primeminister1 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

| term_start1 = 2 January 2008

| term_end1 = 18 March 2008

| predecessor1 = Chua Soi Lek

| deputy1 = Abdul Latiff Ahmad

| constituency1 = Kulai

| office2 = Minister of Housing and Local Government

| monarch2 = {{ubl|Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah|Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin}}

| primeminister2 = {{ubl|Mahathir Mohamad|Abdullah Ahmad Badawi}}

| term_start2 = 15 December 1999

| term_end2 = 18 March 2008

| predecessor2 = Ting Chew Peh

| deputy2 = Peter Chin Fah Kui
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government I)}} (1999–2004)
M. Kayveas
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government II)}} (2001–2003)

| constituency2 = Pontian

| office3 = Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II

| monarch3 = {{ubl|Tuanku Ja'afar|Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah}}

| primeminister3 = Mahathir Mohamad

| term_start3 = 8 May 1995

| term_end3 = 14 December 1999

| minister3 = {{ubl|Mahathir Mohamad|Abdullah Ahmad Badawi}}

| alongside3 = Megat Junid Megat Ayub {{small|(1995–1997)}}
Azmi Khalid {{small|(1997–1999)}}

| constituency3 = Pontian

| office4 = Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs

| monarch4 = {{ubl|Sultan Azlan Shah|Tuanku Ja'afar}}

| primeminister4 = Mahathir Mohamad

| term_start4 = 1993

| term_end4 = 1995

| minister4 = Mahathir Mohamad

| 1blankname4 = Deputy Minister

| 1namedata4 = Megat Junid Megat Ayub

| office5 = Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Health

| monarch5 = {{ubl|Sultan Azlan Shah|Tuanku Ja'afar}}

| primeminister5 = Mahathir Mohamad

| term_start5 = 1990

| term_end5 = 1993

| minister5 = Lee Kim Sai

| 1blankname5 = Deputy Minister

| 1namedata5 = Mohd Farid Ariffin

| office6 = 7th President of the Malaysian Chinese Association

| deputy6 = Chan Kong Choy

| term_start6 = 23 May 2003

| term_end6 = 18 October 2008

| predecessor6 = Ling Liong Sik

| successor6 = Ong Tee Keat

| office7 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat

| subterm7 = 1990–2013

| suboffice7 = Barisan Nasional

| office10 = Other roles

| subterm10 = 2011–2017

| suboffice10 = Special Envoy of Malaysia to China

| party = Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)

| occupation = Politician

| relations = Younger brother of Ong Ka Chuan

| spouse = Wendy Chong Siew Mei (张秀梅)

| children = Ong Li En
Ong Xing Yang

| alma_mater = University of Malaya (UM)

| website =

| footnotes =

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Ong Ka Ting ({{zh|s=黄家定|t=黃家定|p=Huáng Jiādìng|poj=N̂g Ka-tēng}}; born 15 November 1956) is a Malaysian politician. He was the former Housing and Local Government Minister from 1999 to 2008 and Acting Transport Minister from May to June 2003 in the Malaysian cabinet. Ong also served as the seventh president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party in Barisan Nasional (BN); from May 2003 to October 2008. He was appointed Special Envoy of Malaysia to China on 1 November 2011.{{cite news|date=22 October 2011|title=PM Umum Pelantikan Ong Ka Ting Sebagai Duta Khas Ke China|language=ms|newspaper=mStar|url=http://www.mstar.com.my/berita/cerita.asp?file=/2011/10/22/mstar_berita/20111022001207&sec=mstar_berita|access-date=7 February 2012}} He relinquished the Special Envoy's post on 31 December 2017 after serving three terms.{{cite news|author=Justin Ong|date=7 July 2018|title=Report: Putrajaya axing special envoys, advisers|newspaper=The Malay Mail|url=https://www.malaymail.com/s/1647827/report-putrajaya-axing-special-envoys-advisers|access-date=1 September 2018}}{{cite news|date=12 January 2018|title=Ong bows out of special envoy role|language=en|newspaper=mStar|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/01/12/ong-bows-out-of-special-envoy-role-mcbc-chairman-thanks-najib-for-threeterm-stint-boosting-ties-with/|access-date=13 August 2018}}

Early life

Ong was born on 15 November 1956 in Lenggong, Perak. He graduated from University of Malaya, majoring in Mathematics and Science in 1980.{{cite news|title=Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting (President from May 2003 – October 2008) |url=https://img.mca.org.my/MCA/article/04f05737-426f-4e00-9cc1-2af4414a0042.pdf |access-date=6 September 2017|publisher=Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)|language=en}} He began his career as a chemistry teacher in Catholic High School in Petaling Jaya from 1981 until 1986.{{cite web|url=https://reps.sinarproject.org/mp/ong-ka-ting|title=Malaysian Representative: Ong Ka Ting|publisher=Sinar Project|date=|access-date=25 November 2018}}

MCA former secretary-general for twice, Ong Ka Chuan, is his elder brother.

He is married to Puan Sri Wendy Chong Siew Mei. The couple have two children – Chloe Ong Li En and Ong Xing Yang.

Political career

From 1986 until 1990, Ong was the political secretary to Ling Liong Sik, the MCA president and Minister of Transport then. After winning the 1990 general elections to be Member of Parliament (MP) of Pontian, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health from 26 October 1990 until 24 February 1991 by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Ong was next appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs from 25 February 1991 through April 1995, before being promoted to be the Deputy Minister of the same Ministry on 3 May 1993.

In 1999, he was promoted to become a full-fledged minister leading the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, a position he held until 2008. In a 2003 leadership transition plan which saw Ong and Chan Kong Choy were elected to succeed retiring Ling and Lim Ah Lek as party President and Deputy President respectively.{{cite web|url=http://www.mca.org.my/2/Content/SinglePage?_param1=02-092017-105951-09-201702&_param2=TS|title=Party History (2000 - 2009): 2003|publisher=MCA|date=15 March 2016|access-date=25 November 2018}} In 2004, he retained his parliamentary seat of Tanjung Piai with a [http://www.mypolitician.com.my/?page=map/johor#P165/ 23,615] votes majority over the opposition candidate. In January 2008, he was appointed as Acting Health Minister following the resignation of Dr. Chua Soi Lek who was involved in a sex scandal.

In the 2008 general election, Ong succeeded in his bid for the Kulai Parliamentary seat. However, the election was marked by heavy losses for the ruling BN coalition, especially among candidates from the MCA and Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC). In the subsequent Cabinet reshuffle, Ong was not retained as a member of the Cabinet by his request, as he wanted to focus his energies in restructuring and re-engineering the MCA to win back Chinese voters' support. His former Cabinet portfolio was handed over to his elder brother, Ong Ka Chuan who was MCA Secretary-General, Perak MCA chief and MP of Tanjung Malim in Perak.

In 2008, he had left the presidency of MCA and had passed the highest post of the party to Ong Tee Keat after the successful party election on 18 October 2008. After leaving the post for one and a half years, on 17 March 2010 Ong Ka Ting announced his intention to contest for the party's presidency in the 28 March party elections.{{cite web|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/127501 |title=How Ong Ka Ting masterminded his political comeback|publisher=Malaysiakini|date=25 March 2010|access-date=25 November 2018}} He contested the presidency against incumbent Ong Tee Keat and reinstated deputy president Dr. Chua Soi Lek in a three-corner fight.{{cite web|url=https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/former-mca-sec-gen-ka-ting-recycled-politician|title=Former MCA Sec-Gen: Ka Ting a recycled politician|publisher=The Edge|date=25 March 2010|access-date=25 November 2018}} However he failed in the comeback attempt and was defeated by Dr. Chua.{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2010%2f3%2f28%2fmcaelection2010%2f20100328094618&sec=mcaelection2010|title=MCA Polls: Live updates - Soi Lek is new MCA president|date=28 March 2010|work=The Star|access-date=2 November 2014}}

In 2013, Ong decided not to recontest his parliamentary seat in the 2013 general election thus retire as a six-term MP.{{cite news|url=http://www.fz.com/content/ge13-ka-ting-lends-weight-kulai-contest-contrasts|title=GE13: Ka Ting lends weight to Kulai contest of contrasts|last=Chua|first=Sue-Ann|date=28 April 2013|work=fz.com|access-date=2 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020339/http://www.fz.com/content/ge13-ka-ting-lends-weight-kulai-contest-contrasts|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

Election results

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms|access-date=19 June 2010}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{Cite web

| title = Malaysia General Election

| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data

| publisher = Malaysiakini

| url = http://undi.info/#

| access-date = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the 2004 election.

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

1990

|P133 Pontian

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Ong Ka Ting}} (MCA)

|align="right" |24,362

|61.93%

|{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

|Gan Peck Cheng (DAP)

|align="right" |14,978

|38.07%

|41,637

|9,384

|75.06%

1995

| rowspan=2|P144 Pontian

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Ong Ka Ting}} (MCA)

|align="right" |37,230

|88.00%

|{{Party shading/S46}} |

|Saleh @ Daud Hassan (S46)

|align="right" |5,079

|12.00%

|44,772

|32,151

|74.07%

1999

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Ong Ka Ting}} (MCA)

|align="right" |38,169

|82.21%

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|{{nowrap|Diong Chi Tzuoh}} (keADILan)

|align="right" |8,259

|17.79%

|48,055

|29,910

|74.43%

2004

|P165 Tanjong Piai

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Ong Ka Ting}} (MCA)

|align="right" |28,046

|86.36%

|{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

|Tan Hang Meng (DAP)

|align="right" |4,431

|13.64%

|33,938

|23,615

|76.14%

2008

|P163 Kulai

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Ong Ka Ting}} (MCA)

|align="right" |32,017

|61.23%

|{{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

|{{nowrap|Ng Pack Siong}} (DAP)

|align="right" |20,273

|38.77%

|53,676

|11,744

|79.69%

Honours

=Honours of Malaysia=

{{Flag|Malaysia}} :
50px Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (2009){{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2009/06/06/1849-conferred-royal-awards/|date=6 June 2009|access-date=8 September 2018|work=The Star|title=1,849 conferred royal awards}}
{{Flag|Perak}} :
50px Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2000){{cite web|url=http://pingat.perak.gov.my/carian-thn.php?m=1&tahun=2000&kod_pingat=SPMP|title=SPMP 2000|website=pingat.perak.gov.my|access-date=27 April 2022}}
50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) – Dato' (1997){{cite web|url=http://pingat.perak.gov.my/carian-thn.php?m=1&tahun=1997&kod_pingat=DPMP|title=DPMP 1997|website=pingat.perak.gov.my|access-date=27 April 2022}}
{{Flag|Selangor}} :
50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) – Dato' (2005){{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2005/12/12/khir-developed-status-should-spur-others-on/|title=Khir: Developed status should spur others on|date=2 Dec 2005|work=The Star|access-date=2 December 2005}}{{cite web|url=https://awards.selangor.gov.my/sublinkyear.php?cat=12&subcat=D.P.M.S.|title=DPMS 2005|access-date=27 April 2022}}