Mary Yap

Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Mary Yap
PGDK ASDK JP
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Mary Yap PGDK ASDK JP
叶娟呈
Deputy Minister of Higher Education
	In office; 29 July 2015 – 9 May 2018
Monarchs	Abdul Halim; Muhammad V
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister	Idris Jusoh
Preceded by	Herself as Deputy Minister of Education
Succeeded by	Teo Nie Ching as Deputy Minister of Education
Constituency	Tawau
Deputy Minister of Education II
	In office; 16 May 2013 – 29 July 2015 Serving with Kamalanathan Panchanathan
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin; Idris Jusoh
Preceded by	Mohd Puad Zarkashi as Deputy Minister of Education ; Saifuddin Abdullah as Deputy Minister of Higher Education
Succeeded by	Herself (Higher Education) ; Chong Sin Woon (Education)
Constituency	Tawau
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Tawau
	In office; 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Chua Soon Bui (SAPP)
Succeeded by	Christina Liew (PKR–PH)
Majority	4,979 (2013)
Personal details
Born	10 March 1951 (age 73); Tawau, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Sabah Party (PBS) (2013–present)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN); United Sabah Alliance
Occupation	Politician

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).

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 of the Protestant tradition belonging to the Basel Christian Church of Malaysia denomination.^[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 PhD program.^[4] From 2013 to 2015, she was the Deputy Minister of Education.^[5] Later she became the Deputy Minister of Higher Education for Malaysia from 2015 to 2018. On 10 November 2017, she opened the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Research Centre of the National 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**^[8]^[9]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	P190 Tawau	Yap Kain Ching (PBS)	21,331	54.88%	Kong Hong Min (PKR)	16,352	42.07%	39,787	4,979	77.20%
					Chua Soon Bui (SAPP)	633	1.63%
					Ahmad Awang @ Madon (IND)	553	1.42%
2018		Yap Kain Ching (PBS)	16,673	39.00%	Christina Liew Chin Jin (PKR)	21,400	50.05%	43,861	4,727	73.20%
					Mohamad Husain (PAS)	2,518	5.89%
					Alizaman Jijurahman (PHRS)	2,162	5.06%

Honours

Sabah :
- Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2008)^[10]
- Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2002)^[11]
- Justice of the Peace (JP) (2005)^[12]

References

^ Mark Mathen Victor (7 November 2017). "Big graduation". The Sun. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "Staff Information [Mary Yap Kain Ching]". Ministry of Health (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rising above the odds". The Star. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Danial Rahman (11 March 2016). "Mary Yap – Educationist Supermum". The Star. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ "Mary YAP Kain Ching". VPET Connex 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ "UM's research centre set to make university among world's top 100". Bernama. New Straits Times. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ Mary Chin (16 October 2016). "Mary fulfils her dream to earn PhD". Daily Express. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ "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).
^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2008" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2002" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2005" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.

[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.

[rising-3] "Rising above the odds". The Star. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

[mary-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.

[10] "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2008" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.

[11] "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2002" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.

[12] "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2005" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.

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