It’s our absolute honour to announce that Malaysia’s Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Mr. Ong Tee Keat has joined TQUK as our Asia’s Advisor. Mr. Ong played important roles in the Malaysian political arena, having served as the Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives of Malaysia (1990-1999), Malaysia Federal Deputy Minister of Higher Education (1999-2006), Malaysia Federal Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports (2006-2008), Malaysia Federal Minister of Transport (2008-2010) and the President of Malaysian Chinese Association (2008-2010). From 1991 to 1995, he was elected as an Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the only ethnic Chinese representative in the association. Graduated from University of Malaya in Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Hons), Mr. Ong has been honored the Adjunct Professorship by China’s Nanjing University, Hainan University and Xi’an Jiaotong University. In 2008, he was also awarded as Fellow of City & Guilds of London Institute, which was the first such academician in Malaysia. In 2009, he was chosen as one of the “2008’s Top Ten Person of Overseas Chinese” by the Chinese People’s Daily. In 2011, he was awarded the Honorary Doctorate in Education by the University of Sunderland. In 2017, he was chosen by China’s CCTV as one of the “World Chinese Model People”. TQUK strongly believes that Mr. Ong’s seasoned experiences in public service and higher education, will certainly provide us valuable guidance and advice in our Asian development.
Mr. Ong receives the Certificate of Advisor from TQUK Hong Kong Business Development Manager Ms. Joana Ip.
On January 20th, 2009, Jia Qinglin, the Chairman of National Committee of People’s Republic of China welcomed and met with Mr. Ong’s delegation in the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China.
Mr. Ong met with former Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Yukio Hatoyama.
