Lai Meng Chong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lai (賴).

Lai Meng Chong (Chinese: 賴明忠; pinyin: Lài Míngzhōng; born 3 September 1951) is a Malaysian politician of Chinese descent from the town of Machap Baru in Malacca state.^[1] He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and holds the position of vice-chairman in the MCA's Alor Gajah division.^[2] Lai is also the political secretary to the Malaysian Minister of Human Resources, MCA vice-president and MP for Alor Gajah, Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn. He was nominated as the BN's candidate in the 2007 Machap by-election.^[2]

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Lai Meng Chong DMSM AMN
赖明忠
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for Machap
In office 12 April 2007 – 8 May 2018
Preceded by	Poh Ah Tiam (BN–MCA)
Succeeded by	Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PH–PKR)
Majority	4,081 (2007) 1,639 (2008) 152 (2013)
Personal details
Born	(1951-09-03) 3 September 1951 (age 73) Malacca, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Malacca State Legislative Assembly^[3][4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2007	N08 Machap		Lai Meng Chong (MCA)	5,533	79.21%		Liou Chen Kuang (DAP)	1,452	20.79%	7,151	4,081	74.31%
2008			Lai Meng Chong (MCA)	4,707	60.54%		Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PKR)	3,068	39.46%	7,986	1,639	77.10%
2013			Lai Meng Chong (MCA)	5,003	50.46%		Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PKR)	4,851	48.93%	10,123	152	86.65%
							Ravinther Sekaran (KITA)	61	0.61%

Honours

•  Malaysia :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1997)^[5]
•  Malacca :
  • Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2009)^[6]

See also

• 2007 Machap by-election
• Machap Jaya (state constituency)