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Lim Hui Ying

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Lim Hui Ying
林慧英
Deputy Minister of Finance
Assumed office
12 December 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
(Minister of Finance)
Amir Hamzah Azizan
(Minister of Finance II)
Preceded byAhmad Maslan
(Deputy Minister of Finance I)
Steven Sim Chee Keong
(Deputy Minister of Finance II)
ConstituencyTanjong
Deputy Minister of Education
In office
10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterFadhlina Sidek
Preceded byMah Hang Soon
(Deputy Minister of Education I)
Mohamad Alamin
(Deputy Minister of Education II)
Succeeded byWong Kah Woh
ConstituencyTanjong
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tanjong
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byChow Kon Yeow
(PHDAP)
Majority28,754 (2022)
Senator
Elected by the
Penang State Legislative Assembly
In office
27 August 2018 – 5 November 2022
Serving with
Yusmadi Yusoff (2018–2021)
Fadhlina Sidek (2021–2022)
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2022)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
(2018–2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Preceded byAriffin Omar
Succeeded byLingeshwaran Arunasalam
Personal details
Born
Lim Hui Ying

1963 (age 60–61)
Singapore
Political party Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
RelationsLim Guan Eng (elder brother)
Parent(s)Lim Kit Siang (father)
Neo Yoke Tee (mother)
EducationUniversity of Malaya (Bachelor of Arts)
OccupationPolitician

Lim Hui Ying (born 1963) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Finance in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister and Minister Anwar Ibrahim as well as Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong since November 2022. She served as the Deputy Minister of Education in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Fadhlina Sidek from December 2022 to December 2023. She served as a Senator from August 2018 to her resignation in November 2022. She is a member and State Secretary of Penang of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition.[1][2] She is the daughter of DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang and younger sister of Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng.

Political career

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In the 15th General Election, Lim contested for the first-time and won the Tanjong parliamentary seat under the Pakatan Harapan ticket.[3]

She was then appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Education,[4] along with Fadhlina Sidek as the Minister of Education.

Controversy

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On 27 March 2023, Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Ramli Mohd Nor reprimanded Lim over the failure of not preparing an answer for the oral question-and-answer session.[5][6] Earlier, Ahmad Marzuk Shaary (PN-Pengkalan Chepa) had asked about the education ministry’s plans to ensure students received nutritious meals in school. However, Lim told the Dewan Rakyat that she had not prepared an answer, and asked to submit a written reply. She said:

May I answer it through a written reply?

— Lim Hui Ying

An MP from Perikatan Nasional urged Lim to resign for failing to prepare an answer during the oral question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat.[7] Meanwhile, MCA Youth secretary-general Daniel Wa Wai How said Lim’s salary should be docked by RM10, citing past DAP calls for the same type of punishment against ministers.[8] Shortly after the incident, her special aide issued an apology, saying that the situation was “out of the ordinary”.[9]

Election results

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Parliament of Malaysia[10][11]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P049 Tanjong Lim Hui Ying (DAP) 31,968 84.83% Tan Kim Nee (MCA) 3,214 8.53% 37,683 28,754 71.34%
H'ng Khoon Leng (GERAKAN) 2,501 6.64%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LIM HUI YING". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ "First time in history women helming Education Ministry". New Straits Times. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ See, Bernard (19 November 2022). "GE15: PH first-timer Lim wins in Tanjong". The Star. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. ^ "In Malaysian first, two women take charge of education ministry". Free Malaysia Today. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Unprepared deputy minister chided for not being able to answer in Parliament". The Star. 27 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Deputy education minister rapped for not having answers ready". Malaysiakini. 27 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Resign, PN MP says after deputy minister draws blank in Dewan". MalaysiaNow. 27 March 2023.
  8. ^ "MCA wants RM10 deducted from DAP's Lim Hui Ying's salary for unprepared in Dewan Rakyat". focusmalaysia.my. 27 March 2023.
  9. ^ Anis, Nik Mazwin Binti Nik (28 March 2023). "Deputy minister ticked off for being unprepared". The Star.
  10. ^ "The Star Online GE15". The Star. Retrieved 11 December 2022. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  11. ^ "Dashboard SPR". dashboard.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 11 December 2022.