Sim Kui Hian

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Sim.
Yang Berhormat Datuk Amar Dr.
Sim Kui Hian
PJN DA PNBS MLA
沈桂贤
File:Sim Kui Hian in July 2025.jpg
Sim in 2025
Deputy Premier of Sarawak
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 January 2022
Serving with
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
(2022–2024)
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(since 2024)
PremierAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
Preceded byJames Jemut Masing
ConstituencyBatu Kawah
Minister of Public Health, Housing and Local Government Sarawak
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 January 2022
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
(2022–2024)
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(since 2024)
PremierAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
Deputy Minister (Public Health and Housing)Penguang Manggil
Deputy Minister (Local Government)Michael Tiang Ming Tee
ConstituencyBatu Kawah
Minister of Local Government and Housing Sarawak
In office
19 January 2017 – 18 December 2021
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
Chief MinisterAbang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg
ConstituencyBatu Kawah
Minister of Local Government Sarawak
In office
13 May 2016 – 11 January 2017
GovernorAbdul Taib Mahmud
Chief MinisterAdenan Satem
ConstituencyBatu Kawah
Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
for Batu Kawah
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2016
Preceded byChristina Chiew Wang See
(PR–DAP)
Majority2,085 (2016)
5,393 (2021)
Senator
Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
In office
5 June 2017 – 28 April 2018
MonarchMuhammad V
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
In office
26 May 2014 – 25 May 2017
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2014–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2017)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
6th President of the
Sarawak United Peoples' Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 September 2014
Deputy
Preceded byPeter Chin Fah Kui
Personal details
Born (1965-08-18) 18 August 1965 (age 60)
Sarawak, Malaysia
Nationality Malaysia
Party Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018);
Unity Government of Malaysia
(allied: since 2022)
SpouseEnn Ong (王淑燕)
Children2
Parent(s)Sim Kheng Hong (沈庆鸿)
Lim Su Kheng（林素卿）
Alma materMonash University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionCardiologist

Sim Kui Hian (Chinese: 沈桂贤; pinyin: Shěn Guìxián), born 18 August 1965 – simply known as just "Dr. Sim" to many, despite carrying an honorific of Datuk Amar – is a Malaysian politician and cardiologist who has been the Deputy Premier of Sarawak and the region's Minister of Public Health, Housing and Local Government Sarawak in the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) administration led by Sarawak Premier Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg since January 2022. He is also an elected representative for the constituency of N14 Batu Kawah in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) since May 2016.

Sim is Sarawak's first deputy premier of Chinese descent in more than a decade after George Chan Hong Nam stepped down in 2011.[1][2][3] Previously, he served as the Minister of Local Government Sarawak from May 2016 to January 2017 under Adenan Satem's cabinet, and Minister of Local Government and Housing Sarawak from January 2017 to December 2021 under Abang Johari's first cabinet. He also had served as Senator in the Parliament of Malaysia from April 2014 to April 2017.

Additionally, he holds a watching brief role which gives him oversight over the Sarawak Health Department and the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department, both agencies of the Malaysian federal government.

He is a member of the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), and the Party President since September 2014.[4][5][6] He is also one of the founding Vice Chairmen of the GPS coalition, in which SUPP is a co-founding component party.

While acknowledging that the region of Sarawak is part of Malaysia, Sim is one of the most vocal and consistent proponents for more Sarawakian autonomous power and rights,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] based on the unique contexts of the Malaysia's formation as originally outlined in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) Report and recommendations,[17] and the Report of the Cobbold Commission.

Early life and education

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Sim is the son of father Sim Kheng Hong (Chinese: 沈庆鸿)[18][19] who was the Tan Sri Datuk Amar Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1974 to 1991; and mother Lim Su Kheng ( Chinese: 林素卿)[20][21] (Puan Sri Datuk Amar). He received his primary education at Chung Hua Primary School No.4 and his secondary education in St. Joseph's Secondary School, Kuching. After that, he completed his Higher School Certificate at St. Bede's College in Mentone, in Victoria, Australia. He graduated with an MBBS from Monash University's Alfred Medical School and completed his cardiology fellowship at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne.[22]

Career

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When Sim found out that the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) was attempting to set up a cardiology unit, he left his practice and returned to Malaysia in 1998, after spending 17 years in Australia. In 2001, the Cardiology Department of SGH was set up. The department had progressively evolved into a cardiology centre (SGH Heart Centre, which later renamed Sarawak Heart Centre) with its own standalone facilities in Kota Samarahan[23][24] and a recognised training centre for cardiothoracic surgeons.[25]

Sim's maiden contest for public office was in the 2011 Sarawak Elections which he lost. Five years later, he contested and won in the 2016 Sarawak Elections.[26]

Research

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Sim is a member in the Expert Writing Panel for Clinical Practise Guidelines on management in cardiovascular disease in Malaysia; a task force member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) on radiation protection in cardiology; and a member of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Expert Panel on Radiological Protection of Patients.[27]

Between 1996 and 2015, he participated as either a faculty member or speaker for more than 200 professional meetings in the US, Europe and Asian-Pacific; made over 200 scientific abstract presentations; over 50 scientific publications (including NEJM); and over 125 clinical trials as a principal investigator.[citation needed] He received Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM) Leadership Award in 2024.[28]

His research interests include cardiac CT, cardiac MRI, metabolic syndrome and ACS biomarkers in the multi-ethnic Asian community. He is a principal investigator/steering committee member in more than 100 multicentre clinical studies in Malaysia.[29][30]

Professional credentials

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  • Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP – Cardiology)
  • Fellow of American College of Cardiology (FACC)
  • Fellow of Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Intervention, USA (FSCAI)
  • Fellow of Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand (FCSANZ)
  • Fellow of European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
  • Fellow of Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (FAPSIC)
  • Fellow of ASEAN College of Cardiology (FAsCC)
  • Fellow of National Heart Association of Malaysia (FNHAM)
  • Fellow of American Heart Association (FAHA)
  • Fellow of Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology (FAPSC)
  • Fellow of Academy of Medicine Malaysia (FAMM)[31][32][non-primary source needed]

Personal life

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Sim has been married since 1991[33] to associate professor Enn Ong Siok Ean (Chinese: 王淑燕), who was conferred the Panglima Setia Bintang Sarawak award (Dato’) in 2024[34], and they have two sons.

Election results

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Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2011 N10 Pending Sim Kui Hian (SUPP/BN) 6,780 32.05% Violet Yong Wui Wui (DAP) 14,375 67.95% 21,310 7,595 72.27%
2016 N14 Batu Kawah Sim Kui Hian (SUPP/BN) 6,414 54.12% Christina Chiew Wang See (DAP) 4,329 36.53% 12,042 2,085 70.87%
Liu Thian Leong (IND) 1,109 9.35%
2021 Sim Kui Hian (SUPP/GPS) 7,827 70.20% Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen (DAP) 2,434 21.83% 11,150 5,393 57.28%
Chai Keuh Khun (PBK) 756 6.78%
Fong Pau Teck (ASPIRASI) 133 1.19%
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 P196 Stampin Sim Kui Hian (SUPP/BN) 18,839 36.30% Chong Chieng Jen (DAP) 33,060 63.70% 52,550 14,221 79.33%

Honours

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References

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