| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. |
| Ting Chew Peh | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 1943 |
| Office2: | Minister of Housing and Local Government |
| Monarch2: | Sultan Azlan Shah Tuanku Ja'afar |
| Primeminister2: | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Term Start2: | 27 October 1990 |
| Term End2: | 14 December 1999 |
| Predecessor2: | Lee Kim Sai |
| Successor2: | Ong Ka Ting |
| Constituency2: | Gopeng |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Constituency Mp3: | Gopeng, Perak |
| Term Start3: | 16 May 1987 |
| Term End3: | 8 March 2008 |
| Majority3: | 4,523 (1987) 6,051 (1990) 14,788 (1995) 6,406 (1999) 14,782 (2004) |
| Predecessor3: | Tan Koon Swan (BN–MCA) |
| Successor3: | Lee Boon Chye (PR–PKR) |
| Term Start4: | July 1990 |
| Term End4: | 30 August 2005 |
| Predecessor4: | Ng Cheng Kiat |
| Successor4: | Ong Ka Chuan |
| Party: | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | Associate professor |
| Alma Mater: | University of Malaya University of London University of Warwick |
Ting Chew Peh (; born 1943) is a Malaysian politician from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was the former member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Gopeng constituency in Perak for five terms from 1987 to 2008. At the grassroots level, he was known for being the MCA former secretary-general for fifteen years from 1990 to 2005.
He is also the chairman of University Council for Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia.
Ting graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Malaya in 1970 andobtained a master's degree in sociology from the University of London in 1972. He also holds a doctorate in philosophy, which he obtained from the University of Warwick in 1976.
Ting started his career as a lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at theUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) from 1974 to 1980 and was subsequently an associate professor at the faculty until 1987. He joined the MCA in 1981 at the age of 38, but continued to be very vocal on issues affecting the Chinese community, particularly on education and culture and the MCA's role, through newspaper articles.[1]
Ting was elected to Parliament of Malaysia in the 1987 Gopeng by-election following the resignation of incumbent, Tan Koon Swan, who was serving a prison term in Singapore for the Pan-El case.
He was then appointed as the Minister of Housing and Local Government in 1990, a post he held until 1999, by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. In 1990 and 1995 general elections he won the Gopeng parliamentary seat under the BN – MCA ticket. In 1999 general election Ting retained Gopeng with a majority of 6406. He defeated Syed Ahmad Said Abas (MDP) and Abdul Rahman Said Alli (DAP). In 2004 general election, he defeated Dr Lee Boon Chye of PKR with a majority of 14,260 votes.
During the MCA General Assembly in 2005, for the MCA deputy president election, Ting got 738 votes was beaten by Chan Kong Choy with 1315 votes.[2]
In the 2008 general election, his name was dropped together with other MCA leaders likes Datuk Chua Jui Meng (Bakri), Datuk Loke Yuen Yow (Tanjung Malim), Datuk Yap Pian Hon (Serdang), Datuk Wong Kam Hoong (Bayan Baru Parliament) dan Tan Yee Kew (Klang).[3]
In the business sector, Ting was the chairman of the Port Klang Authority (LPK) in 2002 and was questioned on 3 September 2009 by PAC following Port Klang Free Zone losses. PKK's chairman received only RM2,259.95 per month allowance. Each board member gets an allowance of RM500 a month. As LPK chairman. Ting did not get big salaries.
He was also the Independent non-executive director of Puncak Niaga Holdings Berhad.[4]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | P064 Gopeng, Perak | (MCA) | 12,619 | 60.62% | (DAP) | 8,096 | 38.89% | N/A | 4,523 | N/A | |||||
| Tan Kee Chye (IND) | 103 | 0.49% | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | Ting Chew Peh (MCA) | 14,991 | 62.64% | (DAP) | 8,940 | 37.36% | 24,725 | 6,051 | 68.02% | ||||||
| 1995 | P067 Gopeng, Perak | Ting Chew Peh (MCA) | 22,774 | 74.04% | (DAP) | 7,986 | 25.96% | 32,078 | 14,788 | 68.01% | |||||
| 1999 | Ting Chew Peh (MCA) | 21,254 | 57.56% | Abdul Rahman Said Alli (DAP) | 14,848 | 40.20% | 38,419 | 6,406 | 69.17% | ||||||
| bgcolor= | Syed Ahmad Imdadz Said Abas (MDP) | 829 | 2.24% | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | P071 Gopeng, Perak | Ting Chew Peh (MCA) | 30,312 | 66.12% | (PKR) | 15,530 | 33.88% | 47,566 | 14,782 | 69.47% | |||||
Malaysia : The Chinese in Peninsular Malaysia: a study of race relations in a plural society, 1976[9]