Two MCA leaders senators for second term
05 Jul 2017 / 15:39 H.
MCA Vice President Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung (R) shakes hands with its Publicity Bureau chief Datuk Chai Kim Sen after they were sworned in as senators in the Dewan Negara for a second term on July 5, 2017. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Two MCA leaders were sworn in today as senators for a second term.
Vice-president Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung and Publicity Bureau chief Datuk Chai Kim Sen took their oath of office before Dewan Negara president Datuk S. A. Vigneswaran at Parliament House.
Their term of office is for three years, from June 23 this year to June 22, 2020.
Hou, 54, who hails from Kluang, Johor, was first appointed senator in 2014. He had been a deputy minister of higher education.
Chai, 53, who is from Kuala Kangsar, Perak, is the president of the Federation of Malaysian Chinese Guilds Association. — Bernama