Yap Pian Hon

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix= Yang Berbahagia Dato'

| name= Yap Pian Hon

| honorific_suffix= {{post-nominals|country=MYS|DPMS|SMS (Selangor)|AMN|size=100%}}

| native_name = {{nobold|叶炳汉}}

| native_name_lang = zh-my

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| parliament1 = Malaysian

| constituency_MP1 = Serdang

| term_start1 = 25 April 1995

| term_end1 = 8 March 2008

| majority1 = 9,437 (1995)
4,099 (1999)
11,280 (2004)

| predecessor1 = Constituency created

| successor1 = Teo Nie Ching
(PR–DAP)

|assembly2 = Selangor State Legislative

|constituency_AM2 = Serdang

|majority2 = 4,066 (1982)
4,183 (1986)
1,913 (1990)

|term_start2 = 1982

|term_end2 = 25 April 1995

|predecessor2 = Lee Lam Thye (DAP)

|successor2 = Constituency abolished

|majority3 = 3,314 (1969)
(1974)

|term_start3 = 1971

|term_end3 = 1978
(1969-1971 Assembly suspended of 13 May incident)

|predecessor3 = Thuan Paik Phok (MCA-Alliance)

|successor3 = Lee Lam Thye (DAP)

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1943|11|4|df=y}}

| birth_place= Serdang, Selangor, Japanese occupation of Malaya

| residence= Seri Kembangan

| nationality= Malaysian

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| citizenship= Malaysian

| party= Democratic Action Party (DAP) (1968–1973)
Independent (1973–1974)
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) (since 1974)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN) (1974–present)

| occupation= Politician

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{{Infobox Chinese

| t = 葉炳漢

| s = 叶炳汉

| p = Yè Bǐnghàn

| y = Yihp Bíng-hon

| poj = Ia̍p Péng-hàn

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Yap Pian Hon ({{zh|s=叶炳汉|t=葉炳漢|p=Yè Bǐnghàn|poj=Ia̍p Péng-hàn|cy=Yihp Bíng-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. [http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/po/newspolitics.php?id=942514 "MCA Veteran Yap Pian Hon Renominated For Trademark Serdang Seat"], Bernama, Serdang, 16 April 2013. Retrieved on 17 April 2013.[https://archive.today/20130628091635/http://news.abnxcess.com/2013/04/ge13-70-year-old-yap-pian-hon-recalled-to-win-back-serdang/ "GE13: 70-year-old Yap Pian Hon recalled to win back Serdang"] 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.malaysia-today.net/2018/07/14/how-outsider-yap-thrived-despite-kit-siang-and-mca/|title=How 'Outsider' Yap Thrived, Despite Kit Siang And MCA |work=MT Webmaster|date= 14 July 2018|publisher=Malaysia Today |access-date=3 September 2018}}

Yap was an MCA former Youth chairman; a Serdang assemblyman and a Selangor executive councillor; was very outspoken regarding Chinese school and education matters.{{cite news|url=https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/20078|title=MCA's Yap Pian Hon has no regrets over Chinese school stand |author= Lim Ai Sun, Bede Hong|date=26 October 2017|publisher=The Malaysian Insight

|access-date=3 September 2018}} He was once detained under the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) during Operasi Lalang in 1987.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/10/27/they-said-i-was-a-communist/|title=They said I was a communist|date=27 October 2017|work=The Star|access-date=3 September 2018}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.thenutgraph.com/yap-pian-hon-bid-mca-vice-president-post/|title=Yap Pian Hon makes another bid for the MCA vice-president's post |date=26 September 2008|work=Bernama |author= Nick Choo |publisher=The Nut Graph|access-date=3 September 2018}}

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.

Election results

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|+ Selangor State Legislative Assembly{{Citation |title=TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS |date=2024-12-21 |url=https://github.com/TindakMalaysia/HISTORICAL-ELECTION-RESULTS/tree/main |access-date=2024-12-26 |publisher=TindakMalaysia}}{{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=4 February 2017 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

1969

|N17 Serdang

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

|Yap Pian Hon (DAP)

|align="right"|11,234

|58.65%

| {{Party shading/Alliance Party (Malaysia)}} |

|{{nowrap|Thuan Paik Phok}} (MCA)

|align="right"|7,920

|41.35%

|20,057

|3,314

|70.14%

rowspan="3" |1974

| rowspan=5 |N27 Serdang

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| rowspan="3" |Yap Pian Hon (MCA)

| rowspan="3" align="right"|3,584

| rowspan="3" |45.80%

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

|Lee Lam Thye (DAP)

|align="right"|2,965

|37.89%

| rowspan="3" |8,251

| rowspan="3" |619

| rowspan="3" |78.23%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Ching Tow (IND)

|align="right"|980

|12.52%

{{Party shading/PEKEMAS}} |

|Pang Kuik My (PEKEMAS)

|align="right"|297

|align="right"|3.80%

1978

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Yap Pian Hon (MCA)

|align="right"|5,813

|47.00%

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

|{{nowrap|Lee Lam Thye (DAP)}}

|align="right"|6,554

|53.00%

|N/A

|741

|N/A

1982

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Yap Pian Hon (MCA)

|align="right"|9,753

|63.17%

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

|Fong Kui Lun (DAP)

|align="right"|5,687

|36.83%

|15,900

|4,066

|77.61%

1986

|rowspan=2|N30 Serdang

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Yap Pian Hon (MCA)

|align="right"|11,367

|61.27%

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

|Pan Su Peng (DAP)

|align="right"|7,184

|38.73%

|18,824

|4,183

|68.51%

1990

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Yap Pian Hon (MCA)

|align="right"|12,938

|53.99%

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

|Pan Su Peng (DAP)

|align="right"|11,025

|46.01%

|24,680

|1,913

|74.82%

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{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.{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms|access-date=24 March 2017}}

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opposition(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!Ballots cast

!Majority

!Turnout

rowspan="2" |1995

|rowspan=5|P096 Serdang

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|Yap Pian Hon (MCA)}}

| rowspan="2" align="right"|32,757

| rowspan="2" |55.46%

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

|Lee Ban Chen (DAP)

|align="right"|23,320

|39.49%

| rowspan="2" |60,691

| rowspan="2" |9,437

| rowspan="2" |77.35%

{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|{{nowrap|Mohd Radzi Hussain (PAS)}}

|align="right"|2,983

|align="right"|5.05%

1999

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Yap Pian Hon (MCA)

|align="right"|37,210

|52.91%

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

|Wong Ang Peng (DAP)

|align="right"|33,111

|47.09%

|72,618

|4,099

|76.56%

2004

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Yap Pian Hon (MCA)

|align="right"|34,495

|59.77%

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

|Wong Kok Yew (DAP)

|align="right"|23,215

|40.23%

|59,850

|11,280

|75.92%

2013

| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Yap Pian Hon (MCA)

|align="right"|37,032

|31.77%

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

|{{nowrap|Ong Kian Ming}} (DAP)

|align="right"|79,238

|67.98%

|118,314

|42,206

|88.87%

Honours

{{Flag|Malaysia}} :
50px Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1977)
{{Flag|Selangor}} :
50px Companion of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SMS) (1980){{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/scjp19800309-1.2.30.11|title=雪苏丹昨庆54华诞赐封633有功臣民|trans-title=Selangor Sultan celebrated his 54th birthday yesterday and awarded 633 meritorious subjects|work=星洲日报|date=9 March 1980|page=6}}
50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) – Dato' (1985){{cite web|url=https://awards.selangor.gov.my/ms/penerima/warta/maklumat-penerima/1985dpmsyappianhon|title=DPMS 1985|website=awards.selangor.gov.my}}