Yeow Chai Thiam Explained

Yeow Chai Thiam (; 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
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
2008	P130 Rasah			Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA)	21,120	38.13%			(DAP)	34,271	61.87%	56,654	13,151	78.56%
2013	P128 Seremban		Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA)	33,075	38.52%			(DAP)	45,628	53.12%	87,617	12,553	85.64%
						Abdul Halim Abdullah (Berjasa)	6,866	8.00%
						John Fernandez (IND)	221	0.26%
						Bujang Abu (IND)	83	0.10%

Honours

• :
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) - Dato' (1996)

External links

• Senator Convinces Suspect to Surrender

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laman Web Rasmi Parlimen Malaysia - - Ahli Parlimen . Parlimen.gov.my . 6 August 2012.
2. Web site: Dr Yeow Chai Thiam appointed senator . The Nut Graph . 27 April 2009 . 6 August 2012.
3. Web site: Mawar Renal Medical Centre . Mawar.com.my . 6 August 2012.
4. Web site: The Voice Of Charity . mawarmedical.com/ . 7 January 2024.
5. Web site: Former Negri Sembilan MCA chief passes away . The Star . 27 April 2009 . 8 January 2016.