Ong Ka Ting

Ong Ka Ting
黄家定
Acting Minister of Health
In office
2 January – 18 March 2008
MonarchTuanku Syed Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyAbdul Latiff Ahmad
Preceded byChua Soi Lek
ConstituencyKulai
Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office
15 December 1999 – 18 March 2008
Monarchs
Prime Minister
DeputyPeter Chin Fah Kui
(Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government I) (1999–2004)
M. Kayveas
(Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government II) (2001–2003)
ConstituencyPontian
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II
In office
8 May 1995 – 14 December 1999
Serving with Megat Junid Megat Ayub (1995–1997)
Azmi Khalid (1997–1999)
Monarchs
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Minister
ConstituencyPontian
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs
In office
1993–1995
Monarchs
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Deputy MinisterMegat Junid Megat Ayub
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Health
In office
1990–1993
Monarchs
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterLee Kim Sai
Deputy MinisterMohd Farid Ariffin
7th President of the Malaysian Chinese Association
In office
23 May 2003 – 18 October 2008
DeputyChan Kong Choy
Preceded byLing Liong Sik
Succeeded byOng Tee Keat
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1990–2013Barisan Nasional
Other roles
2011–2017Special Envoy of Malaysia to China
Personal details
Born (1956-11-15) 15 November 1956 (age 68)
Lenggong, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
SpouseWendy Chong Siew Mei (张秀梅)
RelationsYounger brother of Ong Ka Chuan
ChildrenOng Li En
Ong Xing Yang
Alma materUniversity of Malaya (UM)
OccupationPolitician

Ong Ka Ting (simplified Chinese: 黄家定; traditional Chinese: 黃家定; pinyin: Huáng Jiādìng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: 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.[1] He relinquished the Special Envoy's post on 31 December 2017 after serving three terms.[2][3]

  1. ^ "PM Umum Pelantikan Ong Ka Ting Sebagai Duta Khas Ke China". mStar (in Malay). 22 October 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  2. ^ Justin Ong (7 July 2018). "Report: Putrajaya axing special envoys, advisers". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Ong bows out of special envoy role". mStar. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.