MCA is very much a family to Pandamaran candidate Tee
KLANG: She is known as the “daughter” of Klang MCA and “daughter-in-law” of Gombak MCA, hence having the best of two divisions under her belt.
Meet Tee Hooi Ling, the Barisan Nasional candidate for Pandamaran.
Her husband Freddie Leong is with the Gombak division and heads a branch there.
“Our Gombak MCA chief Datuk Yip Kum Fook calls me his division’s ‘daughter-in-law’ and sent out messages to his contacts, requesting them to get more volunteers to help me with my campaign,” said the 43-year-old mother of two boys, aged nine and 18 months.
Tee, a business graduate from West Michigan University, said she had no problems juggling her roles as a businesswoman, mother and now, politician.
“Since I run my own business, my working hours are flexible,” said Tee, who owns and manages a beverage distribution company with Leong, 55.
Tee’s foray into MCA and politics began when she was 19 after her father, also an MCA member, asked her to help out at the then Pandamaran assemblyman Datuk Teh Chang Ying’s service centre.
After leaving for her studies to the United States and returning six years later, Tee became actively involved in MCA again.
Currently, she is Klang MCA division Youth chief and national Youth assistant secretary.
Tee said she had been assisting the people of Pandamaran for the past few years and knew the issues there.
“They want a cleaner environment in the village,” she said, adding that she was currently exploring new areas included under the constituency.
She is also well-known among residents of old folks and children’s homes for her regular visits and activities there.
Tee is contesting against DAP’s Leong Tuck Chee and Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia’s Santokh Singh, who is contesting on a PAS ticket.