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By OTK Info Unit
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27, 2010): Pandan MP Dato’ Sri Ong Tee Keat was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from United Kingdom’s University of Sunderland (UOS) on Saturday (Oct 23, 2010).
The presentation of award was held at SEGi University College’s convocation in Kota Damansara.
(Dr) Ong received his scroll from UOS vice chancellor and chief executive Prof Peter Fidler.
Earlier, UOS recruitment and business partnership director Sue Reece read out the citation for the presentation, witnessed by about 300 graduands.
The citation:
“Dato’ Sri Ong Tee Keat is the current Member of Parliament for Pandan and Executive Advisor to Yayasan Bakti Nusa. He was the 8th President of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), the second largest party of the country’s ruling coalition, and served as Transport Minister in the Malaysian federal cabinet from 2008 to June 2010.
Born, raised and educated in Kuala Lumpur, Tee Keat was educated at Confucian High School and Methodist Boys School in his early years. After graduating with with a degree in mechanical engineering from Malaya University, he took up a lucrative position at an engineering firm.
After becoming a full-time politician in 1989, he contested and convincingly won the Ampang Jaya parliamentary seat against a former Menteri Besar of Selangor, Datuk Harun Idris. He went on to hold the seat for four terms before contesting and winning the newly created Pandan parliamentary seat in 2004 and 2008 general elections.
Before he assumed his role as Minister of Transport in 2008, he served as Deputy Speaker for the Lower House of Parliament, Deputy Minister for Youth & Sports, and Deputy Minister of Higher Education Malaysia.
Tee Keat is known for his straight-talking and people-centric style. He is often perceived as a maverick that is not afraid to walk the talk. As Transport Minister, he was known to have courageously exposed the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) debacle, which has led to civil lawsuits against fraudulent parties as well as the arrest and charging of several high-profile personalities.
He ultimately paid the price for his value-oriented politics and his drive for change within the Party and Government, when he failed to defend his Presidency of MCA in March 2010, which also cost him his position in the cabinet.
Tee Keat continues serve the people through his participation in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as Yayasan Bakti Nusa which is involved in community projects such as mobile clinic services, shelter schemes and school tuition programmes especially for the urban poor across the country.
As patron of HOPE (Higher Opportunities for Private Education) Foundation, he oversaw that more than 1,200 young Malaysians who were previously unable to obtain a place in Government universities were given a chance to pursue diploma and degrees at subsidised fees at over 15 universities and colleges since 2006.
Tee Keat’s passion in education and training is further exemplified when he introduced the Technical Resources and Internship Network (TRAIN) programme which offered to hundreds of school drop-outs as well as those who are not academically inclined to obtain vocational and internationally recognised skills-based qualification that are taught in their own language.
He was recently elected as one of the three vice-presidents of the Buddha’s Light International Association (BLIA), an organisation with an international network sprawling across five continents.
A gifted writer, Tee Keat penned his thoughts as a columnist for Sin Chew Jit Poh and as scriptwriter for local television series in the 1970s and 80s. An avid blogger, he continues to speak his mind and voice out for the people as a columnist for the print and electronic media.”
By OTK Info Unit
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27, 2010): Pandan MP Dato’ Sri Ong Tee Keat was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from United Kingdom’s University of Sunderland (UOS) on Saturday (Oct 23, 2010).
The presentation of award was held at SEGi University College’s convocation in Kota Damansara.
(Dr) Ong received his scroll from UOS vice chancellor and chief executive Prof Peter Fidler.
Earlier, UOS recruitment and business partnership director Sue Reece read out the citation for the presentation, witnessed by about 300 graduands.
The citation:
“Dato’ Sri Ong Tee Keat is the current Member of Parliament for Pandan and Executive Advisor to Yayasan Bakti Nusa. He was the 8th President of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), the second largest party of the country’s ruling coalition, and served as Transport Minister in the Malaysian federal cabinet from 2008 to June 2010.
Born, raised and educated in Kuala Lumpur, Tee Keat was educated at Confucian High School and Methodist Boys School in his early years. After graduating with with a degree in mechanical engineering from Malaya University, he took up a lucrative position at an engineering firm.
After becoming a full-time politician in 1989, he contested and convincingly won the Ampang Jaya parliamentary seat against a former Menteri Besar of Selangor, Datuk Harun Idris. He went on to hold the seat for four terms before contesting and winning the newly created Pandan parliamentary seat in 2004 and 2008 general elections.
Before he assumed his role as Minister of Transport in 2008, he served as Deputy Speaker for the Lower House of Parliament, Deputy Minister for Youth & Sports, and Deputy Minister of Higher Education Malaysia.
Tee Keat is known for his straight-talking and people-centric style. He is often perceived as a maverick that is not afraid to walk the talk. As Transport Minister, he was known to have courageously exposed the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) debacle, which has led to civil lawsuits against fraudulent parties as well as the arrest and charging of several high-profile personalities.
He ultimately paid the price for his value-oriented politics and his drive for change within the Party and Government, when he failed to defend his Presidency of MCA in March 2010, which also cost him his position in the cabinet.
Tee Keat continues serve the people through his participation in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as Yayasan Bakti Nusa which is involved in community projects such as mobile clinic services, shelter schemes and school tuition programmes especially for the urban poor across the country.
As patron of HOPE (Higher Opportunities for Private Education) Foundation, he oversaw that more than 1,200 young Malaysians who were previously unable to obtain a place in Government universities were given a chance to pursue diploma and degrees at subsidised fees at over 15 universities and colleges since 2006.
Tee Keat’s passion in education and training is further exemplified when he introduced the Technical Resources and Internship Network (TRAIN) programme which offered to hundreds of school drop-outs as well as those who are not academically inclined to obtain vocational and internationally recognised skills-based qualification that are taught in their own language.
He was recently elected as one of the three vice-presidents of the Buddha’s Light International Association (BLIA), an organisation with an international network sprawling across five continents.
A gifted writer, Tee Keat penned his thoughts as a columnist for Sin Chew Jit Poh and as scriptwriter for local television series in the 1970s and 80s. An avid blogger, he continues to speak his mind and voice out for the people as a columnist for the print and electronic media.”
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