Lee Chean Chung

Yang Berhormat Tuan
Lee Chean Chung
MP
李健聪
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Petaling Jaya
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byMaria Chin Abdullah
(PH–PKR)
Majority50,575 (2022)
Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
for Semambu
In office
5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byPang Tsu Ming
(BN–MCA)
Succeeded byChan Chun Kuang
(PH–PKR)
Majority3,200 (2013)
5,511 (2018)
Communications Director of the People's Justice Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 July 2022
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
Preceded byFahmi Fadzil
Treasurer-General of the People's Justice Party
In office
28 December 2018 – 20 July 2022
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
Preceded byTan Yee Kew
Succeeded byWilliam Leong Jee Keen
Personal details
Born (1981-04-11) 11 April 1981 (age 43)
Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Children3
Alma materMultimedia University
National University of Singapore
OccupationPolitician, researcher, environmental activist
Websitehttps://pjlestari.com/

Lee Chean Chung [1](simplified Chinese: 李健聪; traditional Chinese: 李健聰; pinyin: Lǐ Jiàn Cōng; Jyutping: Lei5 Gin6 Cung1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Kiān-chhong) is a Malaysian politician, researcher and environmental activist who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Petaling Jaya since November 2022. He served as Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Semambu from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has also served as the Communications Director of PKR since July 2022, Vice Chairman of PKR of Pahang since 2019, Division Chief of PH of Indera Mahkota since 2018 and Division Chief of PKR of Indera Mahkota since 2011. Currently, He holds membership in Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) and ASEAN Parliamentary for Human Rights (APHR). YB Lee is also the Chairman of Centre for Regional Strategic Studies (CROSS) and President of Malaysia-China Technology Promotion Association.

Early life

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Lee was born and raised in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

Education

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YB Lee attended the Multimedia University (MMU) for his undergraduate pursuing Engineering (Majoring in Computer) and continued his post-graduate studies in Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST)[2] and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2019,[3] pursuing Master of Science in Transportation and Logistics, as well as Master in Public Administration respectively. Lee was also a Dong Fang Scholar from Peking University, China.

Political career

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Member of Parliament (since 2022 - Present)

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Lee moved to the federal politics from Pahang state politics by contesting In the 2022 Malaysian general election and not contesting in the 2022 Pahang state election. Lee was nominated by his party to contest for the Petaling Jaya federal seat. He won and was elected to Parliament as the Petaling Jaya MP. He defeated a total of five candidates who are four candidates from Perikatan Nasional (PN), BN, Homeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG), Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) and an independent candidate by a majority of 50,575 votes.[4][5][6]

Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (2013–2022)

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In the 2013 Pahang state election, Lee was nominated by his party to contest for the Semambu state seat. He won and was elected into the Pahang State Legislative Assembly as the Semambu MLA for the first term. He defeated defending MLA Pang Tsu Ming of Barisan Nasional (BN) and an independent candidate by a majority of 3,200 votes.

In the 2018 Pahang state election, Lee was renominated by his party to defend the Semambu seat. He won again and was reelected as the Semambu MLA for the second term. He defeated candidates of BN and the Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) by the slightly bigger majority of 5,511 votes.

Other Political Experiences

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YB Lee has also held other positions as the Treasurer-General of PKR from December 2018 to July 2022, Youth Information Chief of PKR from 2015 to 2018, Chief of Environmental Bureau of PKR from 2012 to 2015, Vice Youth Chief of PKR of Petaling Jaya Utara from 2008 to 2012. In 2008 to 2011, He was a Research Officer of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition where He conducted parliamentary strategic research for all 31 Member of Parliament of PKR. He was also a Board Member of Kuantan Port Authority in 2019 where they facilitated the port to be declared as a free-zone port in April of the same year.

Other careers

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Before joining active politics, Lee worked in the United States & Hong Kong-based companies.[citation needed] He joined the Political Studies for Change Unit (KPRU) as a Research Officer after the 2008 general election. His unit provided strategic research support and organised consultative meetings of bills for nearly 30 MPs.

Lee was active in environmental movements and was appointed as the Media Chief for Stop Lynas Coalition (SLC) and the Publicity Chief for Himpunan Hijau 2.0 in 2011 during the movements against Lynas, the largest rare earth processing plant then in the world that was built next to Kuantan.

Lee also has research experience in several fields. His master thesis, titled “GPS Taxi Dispatch System Based on A* Shortest Path Algorithm”, has been cited in several journal articles.[7][8][9] In 2019, he co-published a paper on "Institutions for Sustainability: Informal Settlers" in the GSP Conference 2019:[10] Urban Possibilities: Reimagining Philippines. He co-authored books including "Jiwa Merdeka" and "Green Political Reform" (绿色政改), and is a contributor to The Edge, Malaysiakini and Oriental Daily.[citation needed]

Being active in international engagement and training, Lee was awarded the Most Outstanding Alumnus of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Young Politicians (KASYP) program in 2019. He is also the fellow of International Adenauer Network, Professional Fellow of Youth for South East Asia Leadership Initiatives (YSEALI) and American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL), and a graduate of the Political Advisor Course, Graduate School of Government (The University of Sydney). He was invited to speak at the Youth Leadership Academy of the Generation Democracy (2017), Copenhagen Democracy Summit (2020) as well as invitation by the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) (2020).

Election results

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Pahang State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballot cast Majority Turnout
2013 N13 Semambu, Pahang Lee Chean Chung (PKR) 14,753 54.26% Pang Tsu Ming (MCA) 11,553 42.49% 27,624 3,200 84.91%
Mohd Shukri Mohd Ramli (Independent) 885 3.25%
2018 Lee Chean Chung (PKR) 14,991 47.15% Mohd Yusof Hashin (PAS) 9,480 29.82% 32,215 5,511 83.70%
Quek Tai Seong (MCA) 7,323 23.03%
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P105 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Lee Chean Chung (PKR) 83,311 57.12% Theng Book (BERSATU) 32,736 22.44% 148,021 50,575 74.74%
Chew Hian Tat (MCA) 23,253 15.94%
Mazween Mokhtar (PEJUANG) 4,052 2.78%
Ezam Mohd Nor (PRM) 2,049 1.40%
KJ John (Independent) 461 0.32%

Bibliography

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Books

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Papers

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  • Net Zero Pathways for Malaysia (Phase II Interim Report), ASEAN Green Future, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2022
  • “Institutions for Sustainability: Informal Settlers in the Philippines”, GSP Conference 2019: Urban Possibilities: Reimagining Philippines, 2019.
  • “Revisiting Industrial Policy and Strategic Coupling Strategy Under the Era of Hyperglobalization”. The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences, 2019.
  • “GPS taxi dispatch system based on A* shortest path algorithm”, 2015, Master's thesis submitted to the Department of Transportation and Logistics at Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST). Study was cited by Didi Research Institute, Didi AI Lab, British University in Dubai, University of Edinburgh, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Wuhan University, Telecom ParisTech, and University of Tokyo.

Columns

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  • The Edge
  • Malaysiakini 当今大马
  • Oriental Daily 东方日报
  • Contemporary Review 当代评论

References

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  1. ^ "Lee Chean Chung Biodata". Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  2. ^ "Why university? The delusion and substance of university life by Lee Chean Chung". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27.
  3. ^ "Governance Study Project Conference 2019 - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy". lkyspp.nus.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  4. ^ "Undi Info, Malaysian Election Data powered by Malaysiakini". Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  5. ^ Jusoh, Erma Yusnida. "CHEAN CHUNG MENANG BERGAYA". 1 - PRU @ Sinar. Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  6. ^ "Candidate of People's Justice Party (PKR)on 2013 General Election". Archived from the original on 2014-02-24.
  7. ^ Zhang, Lingyu; Hu, Tao; Min, Yue; Wu, Guobin; Zhang, Junying; Feng, Pengcheng; Gong, Pinghua; Ye, Jieping (2017-08-13). "A Taxi Order Dispatch Model based on Combinatorial Optimization". Proceedings of the 23rd ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. KDD '17. Halifax, NS, Canada: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 2151–2159. doi:10.1145/3097983.3098138. ISBN 978-1-4503-4887-4. S2CID 10726410.
  8. ^ Zhou, Ming; Jin, Jiarui; Zhang, Weinan; Qin, Zhiwei; Jiao, Yan; Wang, Chenxi; Wu, Guobin; Yu, Yong; Ye, Jieping (2019-11-03). "Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Order-dispatching via Order-Vehicle Distribution Matching". Proceedings of the 28th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. CIKM '19. Beijing, China: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 2645–2653. arXiv:1910.02591. doi:10.1145/3357384.3357799. ISBN 978-1-4503-6976-3. S2CID 203837607.
  9. ^ Liu, Yifang; Skinner, Will; Xiang, Chongyuan (2019-05-13). "Globally-Optimized Realtime Supply-Demand Matching in On-Demand Ridesharing". The World Wide Web Conference. WWW '19. San Francisco, CA, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 3034–3040. doi:10.1145/3308558.3313579. ISBN 978-1-4503-6674-8. S2CID 86721070.
  10. ^ "Master in Public Administration - MPA". lkyspp.nus.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
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