Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Datuk |
Chan Foong Hin | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
Birth Name: | Chan Foong Hin |
Birth Date: | 1978 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia[1] |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities |
Primeminister: | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister: | Johari Abdul Ghani |
Term Start: | 12 December 2023 |
Constituency: | Kota Kinabalu |
Office1: | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security |
Monarch1: | Abdullah |
Primeminister1: | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister1: | Mohamad Sabu |
Term Start1: | 10 December 2022 |
Term End1: | 12 December 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Ahmad Hamzah Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh |
Successor1: | Arthur Joseph Kurup |
Constituency1: | Kota Kinabalu |
Constituency Mp2: | Kota Kinabalu |
Parliament2: | Malaysian |
Term Start2: | 9 May 2018 |
Majority2: | 24,086 (2018) 23,783 (2022) |
Predecessor2: | Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (PH–DAP) |
Constituency Am3: | Sri Tanjong |
Term Start3: | 5 May 2013 |
Term End3: | 9 May 2018 |
Assembly3: | Sabah State Legislative |
Predecessor3: | Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (PR–DAP) |
Successor3: | Jimmy Wong Sze Phin (PH–DAP) |
Majority3: | 5,927 (2013) |
Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
Profession: | Chemical engineer |
Spouse: | Koh Chen Yean |
Chan Foong Hin (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhìn Fên-kiâm) is a Malaysian politician and chemical engineer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Johari Abdul Ghani since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Kinabalu since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Mohamad Sabu from December 2022 to December 2023 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sri Tanjong from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition.[2] [3]
In the 2018 election, Democratic Action Party (DAP) fielded Chan to defend the Kota Kinabalu parliamentary seat, facing Joseph Lee Han Kyun from the United Sabah Party (PBS), who was a former DAP candidate. Chan subsequently won with a large majority.[4]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots Cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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2008 | P190 Tawau, Sabah | Chan Foong Hin (DAP) | 9,076 | 34.51% | (SAPP) | 13,943 | 53.02% | 27,071 | 4,867 | 63.61% | |||
Berhan @ Birhan Ruslan (PKR) | 3,278 | 12.47% | |||||||||||
2018 | P172 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah | (DAP) | 31,632 | 74.76% | Joseph Lee Han Kyun (PBS) | 7,546 | 17.84% | 42,873 | 24,086 | 76.26% | |||
Yong Teck Lee (SAPP) | 3,132 | 7.40% | |||||||||||
2022 | Chan Foong Hin (DAP) | 31,359 | 71.08% | Amanda Yeo Yan Yin (WARISAN) | 7,576 | 17.17% | 44,663 | 23,783 | 59.57% | ||||
Yee Tsai Yiew (GRS) | 4,592 | 10.41% | |||||||||||
Winston Liaw Kit Siong (KDM) | 456 | 1.03% | |||||||||||
Marcel Jude (IND) | 137 | 0.31% |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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N69 Sri Tanjong | (DAP) | 10,948 | 65.90% | Fung Len Fui (PBS) | 5,021 | 30.23% | 16,357 | 5,927 | 74.91% | ||||
Yong Ah Poh (SAPP) | 260 | 1.57% | |||||||||||
Olivia Chong Oi Yun (STAR) | 128 | 0.77% |