Lim Hui Ying
Lim Hui Ying | |
|---|---|
| 林慧英 | |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Anwar Ibrahim (Minister of Finance) Amir Hamzah Azizan (Minister of Finance II) |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Maslan (Deputy Minister of Finance I) Steven Sim Chee Keong (Deputy Minister of Finance II) |
| Constituency | Tanjong |
| Deputy Minister of Education | |
| In office 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Fadhlina Sidek |
| Preceded by | Mah Hang Soon (Deputy Minister of Education I) Mohamad Alamin (Deputy Minister of Education II) |
| Succeeded by | Wong Kah Woh |
| Constituency | Tanjong |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tanjong | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Chow Kon Yeow (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 28,754 (2022) |
| Senator Elected by the Penang State Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 27 August 2018 – 5 November 2022 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2022) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lim Hui Ying 1963 (age 60–61) Singapore |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Relations | Lim Guan Eng (brother) |
| Parent(s) | Lim Kit Siang (father) Neo Yoke Tee (mother) |
| Education | University of Malaya (Bachelor of Arts) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Lim Hui Ying (born 1963) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Finance in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister and Minister Anwar Ibrahim as well as Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan since December 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong since November 2022. She served as the Deputy Minister of Education in the PH administration under Prime Minister Anwar and Minister Fadhlina Sidek from December 2022 to December 2023. She served as a Senator from August 2018 to her resignation in November 2022. She is a member and State Secretary of Penang of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. She is the daughter of DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang and younger sister of Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng.
Political career
In the 15th General Election, Lim contested for the first-time and won the Tanjong parliamentary seat under the Pakatan Harapan ticket.
She was then appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Education, along with Fadhlina Sidek as the Minister of Education.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P049 Tanjong, Penang | Lim Hui Ying (DAP) | 31,968 | 84.83% | Tan Kim Nee (MCA) | 3,214 | 8.53% | 37,683 | 28,754 | 71.34% | ||
| H'ng Khoon Leng (GERAKAN) | 2,501 | 6.64% | ||||||||||
Controversy
On 27 March 2023, Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Ramli Mohd Nor has reprimanded Lim Hui Ying over their failure to prepare an answer for oral question-and-answer session. Earlier, Ahmad Marzuk Shaary (PN - Pengkalan Chepa) had asked about the education ministry’s plans to ensure students received nutritious meals in school. However, Lim told the Dewan Rakyat that she had not prepared an answer, and asked to submit a written reply. She said:
May I answer it through a written reply?
— Lim Hui Ying
An MP from Perikatan Nasional urged Lim to resign for failing to prepare an answer during the oral question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat. Meanwhile, MCA Youth secretary-general Daniel Wa Wai How said Lim’s salary should be docked by RM10, citing past DAP calls for the same type of punishment against ministers. Shortly after the incident, her special aide issued an apology, saying that the situation was “out of the ordinary”.