Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Panglima |
Yee Moh Chai | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
Office: | Minister of Resources and Information Technology Development of Sabah |
Term Start: | 2008 |
Term End: | 2018 |
Office1: | Deputy President of the United Sabah Party |
President1: | Maximus Ongkili |
Term Start1: | 2008 |
Parliament2: | Malaysian |
Constituency Mp2: | Kota Kinabalu |
Predecessor2: | Constituency created |
Successor2: | Hiew King Cheu (DAP) |
Term Start2: | 21 March 2004 |
Term End2: | 8 March 2008 |
Parliament3: | Malaysian |
Constituency Mp3: | Tanjong Aru |
Predecessor3: | Joseph Voon Shin Choi (PBS) |
Successor3: | Constituency abolished |
Term Start3: | 24/25 April 1995 |
Term End3: | 21 March 2004 |
Assembly4: | Sabah State Legislative |
Constituency Am4: | Api-Api |
Predecessor4: | Chau Tet On (PBS) |
Successor4: | Christina Liew (PKR) |
Term Start4: | 18/19 February 1994 |
Term End4: | 5 May 2013 |
Birth Name: | Yee Moh Chai |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1955 |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Party: | United Sabah Party (PBS) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) United Alliance Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Spouse: | Vicky Lai Nyat Yin |
Children: | 5 |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Musa Aman |
Governor: | Ahmadshah Abdullah Juhar Mahiruddin |
Yee Moh Chai is a Malaysian politician who had served ad the Member of Parliament for Tanjong Aru from 1995 to 2004 and for Kota Kinabalu from 2004 to 2008 and was also the Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Api-Api from 1994 to 2013. He is a member and the Deputy President of United Sabah Party (Chinese quota) since 2008.
He started his career as a doctor. After that, he worked as a lawyer in Dr. Yee & Associates until he was appointed into the Sabah Cabinet.
Yee is currently one of three Deputy Presidents of PBS.
Yee made his election debut in the 1994 Sabah state election for the Likas state seat but lost to the President of SAPP, Yong Teck Lee. In the 1995 Malaysian general election, he competed for the Tanjong Aru federal seat and was successful to defeat the incumbent, Joseph Voon. He then changed to compete for the Api-Api state seat in the 1999 Sabah state election.
Yee was appointed as the Sabah Minister of Resources and Information Technology Development after the 2004 Sabah state election and was able to secure his post after the 2008 Sabah state election.[1]
Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||||
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1995 | P151 Tanjong Aru | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 10,306 | 43.92% | Joseph Voon Shin Choi (SAPP) | 8,788 | 37.45% | 23,463 | 1,518 | 64.96% | |||
Fung Ket Wing (DAP) | 4,142 | 17.65% | |||||||||||
1999 | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 11,826 | 49.22% | Philip Yong Chiew Lip (SAPP) | 11,281 | 46.95% | 24,027 | 545 | 58.01 | ||||
Oh Choo Hong (DAP) | 534 | 2.22% | |||||||||||
2004 | P172 Kota Kinabalu | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 15,993 | 63.77% | Hiew King Cheu (DAP) | 5,187 | 20.68% | 25,078 | 10,806 | 58.16 | |||
Christina Liew (PKR) | 3,492 | 13.92% |
Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||||||
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1999 | N14 Api-Api | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 9,146 | 56.27% | Chau Tet On (MCA) | 5,963 | 36.68% | 16,255 | 3,183 | 70.35% | ||||
bgcolor= blue | Chin Chen Fui (BERSEKUTU) | 1,040 | 6.40% | |||||||||||
2004 | N15 Api-Api | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 4,640 | 72.31% | Fung Kong Win (DAP) | 1,707 | 26.60% | 6,417 | 2,933 | 56.44% | ||||
2008 | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 3,419 | 50.04% | Christina Liew (PKR) | 3,245 | 47.50% | 6,832 | 174 | 63.41% | |||||
2013 | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 5,058 | 41.76% | Christina Liew (PKR) | 5,853 | 48.33% | 12,111 | 795 | 80.20% | |||||
bgcolor = | Wong Yit Ming (SAPP) | 713 | 5.89% | |||||||||||
bgcolor = | Felix Chong Kat Fah (ANAK NEGERI) | 152 | 1.26% | |||||||||||
Marcel Jude (IND) | 14 | 0.12% | ||||||||||||
2018 | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 5,220 | 35.44% | Christina Liew (PKR) | 8,174 | 55.50% | 14,729 | 2,954 | 76.40% | |||||
bgcolor = | Lim Kat Chung (SAPP) | 598 | 4.06% | |||||||||||
bgcolor = | Land Lip Fong (ANAK NEGERI) | 244 | 1.66% | |||||||||||
Chan Chee Ching (IND) | 94 | 0.64% | ||||||||||||
2020 | N20 Api-Api | Yee Moh Chai (PBS) | 2,449 | 20.64% | Christina Liew (PKR) | 7,796 | 65.71% | 11,865 | 5,347 | 61.96% | ||||
bgcolor= | Pang Yuk Ming (PCS) | 431 | 3.63% | |||||||||||
Chin Su Phin (LDP) | 317 | 2.67% | ||||||||||||
bgcolor = | Lo Yau Foh (PPRS) | 280 | 2.36% | |||||||||||
bgcolor= blue | Chong Tze Kiun (PGRS) | 97 | 0.82% | |||||||||||
Sim Sie Hong (IND) | 72 | 0.61% | ||||||||||||
Ng Chun Sua (IND) | 41 | 0.34% | ||||||||||||
Marcel Jude (IND) | 16 | 0.13% |