Mary Yap

Mary Yap Kain Ching (Chinese: 叶娟呈; pinyin: Yè Juānchéng) is a Malaysian politician and the former Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Cabinet of Malaysia.[1][2] She is a member of United Sabah Party (PBS).

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yap (葉).
Mary Yap
叶娟呈
Deputy Minister of Higher Education
In office
29 July 2015 – 10 May 2018
MonarchAbdul Halim
Muhammad V
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterIdris Jusoh
Preceded byHerself as Deputy Minister of Education
Succeeded byTeo Nie Ching as Deputy Minister of Education
ConstituencyTawau
Deputy Minister of Education II
In office
16 May 2013 – 29 July 2015
MonarchAbdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
Idris Jusoh
Preceded byMohd Puad Zarkashi as Deputy Minister of Education
Saifuddin Abdullah as Deputy Minister of Higher Education
Succeeded byHerself (Higher Education)
Chong Sin Woon (Education)
ConstituencyTawau
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tawau
In office
5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byChua Soon Bui (SAPP)
Succeeded byChristina Liew (PKR–PH)
Majority4,979 (2013)
Personal details
Born (1951-03-10) 10 March 1951
Tawau, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Sabah Party (PBS) (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
United Sabah Alliance
OccupationPolitician

Personal life

Mary was born on 10 March 1951 in Tawau, Crown Colony of North Borneo and spent most of her childhood there before being sent to Kota Kinabalu to live with relatives after Form 3 to continue her studies.[3] She is a devout Christian.[4]

Educational career

Mary started her career as a lecturer and teacher in the 1970s. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in 1974 from Universiti Malaya on a federal scholarship and a Diploma of Education from the same university the following year.[3] In 1994, she completed her Master of Education (TESOL) from the University of Leeds, Britain.[3] She was the principal of a prestigious private school in Malaysia when she retired in 2007.[4] She was an advisor to the Minister of Education on the Cluster Schools of Excellence Movement from 2007 to 2009. The Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation awarded her the second Lý Chánh Đức Award.[3] She was appointed to the Women's Advisory Council for Sabah as a member and the chair of Education Committee in 2009. Along the same year, she was appointed to the PINTAR Foundation. In 2013, she completed her Ph.D program.[4] From 2013 to 2015, she was the Deputy Minister of Education.[5] She is the Higher Education Deputy Minister of Malaysia. On 10 November 2017, she opened the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Research Centre for the University of Malaysia.[6]

Political career

Prior to the 2013 general election, she contest the parliamentary seat in her hometown of Tawau and won, subsequently became a Member of Parliament for the town.[7]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia: P190 Tawau, Sabah[8][9]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
2013 Yap Kain Ching (PBS) 21,331 53.8% Kong Hong Min (PKR) 16,352 41.2%
2018 Yap Kain Ching (PBS) 16,673 27.8%2 Liew Chin Jin (PKR) 21,400 35.7%2
Notes:
Table excludes votes for candidates who finished in third place or lower.
2 Different % used for 2018 election.
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References
  1. Mark Mathen Victor (7 November 2017). "Big graduation". The Sun. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. "Staff Information [Mary Yap Kain Ching]". Ministry of Health (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. "Rising above the odds". The Star. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. Danial Rahman (11 March 2016). "Mary Yap – Educationist Supermum". The Star. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  5. "Mary YAP Kain Ching". VPET Connex 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. "UM's research centre set to make university among world's top 100". Bernama. New Straits Times. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  7. Mary Chin (16 October 2016). "Mary fulfils her dream to earn PhD". Daily Express. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  8. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).
  9. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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