Yeow Chai Thiam

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeow (姚).
Yang Berbahagia Dato'
Yeow Chai Thiam
DSNS
姚再添
Personal details
BornYeow Chai Thiam
(1953-04-19)19 April 1953
Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died7 January 2016(2016-01-07) (aged 62)
Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Party Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Alma materNational University of Malaysia (UKM)
OccupationPhysician
Chinese name
Chinese姚再添
Hanyu PinyinYáo Zàitiān
JyutpingJiu4 Zoi3 Tim1
Hokkien POJIâu Chài-thiam
Tâi-lôIâu Tsài-thiam

Yeow Chai Thiam (姚再添; 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

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Yeow was born and lived in Port Dickson, and was married with two children.[2]

Education

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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

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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

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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

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Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly[6][7]
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%
Parliament of Malaysia[6][7][8]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P130 Rasah Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) 21,120 38.13% Loke Siew Fook (DAP) 34,271 61.87% 56,654 13,151 78.56%
2013 P128 Seremban Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) 33,075 38.52% Loke Siew Fook (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

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References

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