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Ho Chi Yang

Party
DAP · Democratic Action Party
Coalition
PH
Constituency
Tanah Rata
State
Pahang
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Why this matters to you

For residents of Cameron Highlands — including vegetable farmers, highland commuters, and those living on slopes — Ho Chi Yang's advocacy in the Pahang State Assembly directly affects decisions on agricultural land rents, fertiliser costs, and disaster preparedness infrastructure. His efforts to influence vegetable import policy and farm-gate pricing touch the food costs of Malaysians more broadly, as Cameron Highlands supplies a significant share of the country's highland vegetables. His support, as a PH assemblyman, for state-level legislative motions in the Pahang assembly also shapes the composition and policy direction of the Pahang state government.

Summary

Ho Chi Yang (born 1995) is the DAP assemblyman for Tanah Rata, Pahang, elected in November 2022 with a majority of 2,484 votes. A former special officer to his predecessor in the same seat, he serves concurrently as Pahang DAP Youth chief and DAP national Youth Publicity Secretary. His legislative focus centres on Cameron Highlands farmers' welfare, food security policy, disaster preparedness, and intercommunal politics.

Biography

Ho Chi Yang (何子扬; born 3 August 1995) is a Malaysian politician from Perak who serves as the Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanah Rata [1]. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition [1]. He was first elected to the Pahang State Assembly in November 2022 during the 15th General Election (GE15), defeating Wong Yap Wah of Barisan Nasional and Lai Chii Wen of Perikatan Nasional by a majority of 2,484 votes [1]. Prior to his election, he served as a special officer to then-Tanah Rata assemblyman Chiong Yoke Kong [2]. Within DAP, he has served as the Youth Publicity Secretary of DAP since November 2024, and as the State Youth Chief of DAP Pahang since October 2024 [1]. He previously held the position of Youth Director of Varsity Affairs of DAP from March 2022 [1]. Since taking office, Ho has been an outspoken advocate on agricultural land policy in Cameron Highlands, repeatedly raising concerns over land rental increases and the difficulties faced by vegetable farmers in the constituency [3]. He has also taken public positions on traffic management, landslide disaster preparedness, and racial harmony issues [3][4].

Known for

Ho Chi Yang is known primarily as the elected representative for the Cameron Highlands farming belt, where he has consistently championed the rights of vegetable farmers, calling for lower agricultural land rents, fertiliser and pesticide subsidies, and long-term land security. He is also recognised as the Pahang DAP Youth chief, using that platform to respond to racial and political controversies at the national level. His work covers both hyper-local constituency issues — landslides, traffic congestion, flood victim compensation — and broader policy debates on food security and agricultural imports.

Political positions

On agriculture, Ho has called on the federal government to subsidise fertilisers and pesticides for small-scale farmers and to lower TOL land rental rates in Cameron Highlands, which he described as having risen 500% since 2020 [3]. He has urged the agriculture ministry to implement targeted import controls on vegetables where self-sufficiency ratios are already high, warning that unregulated imports undermine local farmers' livelihoods and national food security [3]. On infrastructure and public safety, he has proposed seven traffic-relief measures for Cameron Highlands as an alternative to a commercial vehicle ban, and has called for early disaster warning systems on high-risk residential slopes following landslides [4][3]. On intercommunal relations, Ho has accused certain politicians of stoking racial tensions and has stated that PAS leaders must understand and respect the political demands of non-Malays to win their support [3]. On education, he criticised the Higher Education Ministry over what he described as ignoring student demands to reform or abolish the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 [3].

References

  1. [1]en.wikipedia.org
  2. [2]bernama.com
  3. [3]freemalaysiatoday.com
  4. [4]malaysiakini.com

Before politics

  1. Before November 2022Served as special officer to Tanah Rata assemblyman Chiong Yoke Kong, gaining familiarity with the Cameron Highlands constituency.⛓

Political career

  1. March 2022Appointed Youth Director of Varsity Affairs of DAP.⛓
  2. 1 November 2022Announced as DAP candidate for the Tanah Rata state seat in Pahang for GE15.⛓
  3. November 2022Elected as Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly for Tanah Rata, defeating BN and PN candidates by a majority of 2,484 votes.⛓
  4. October 2024Elected as State Youth Chief of DAP Pahang.⛓
  5. November 2024Elected as Youth Publicity Secretary of DAP at the national level.⛓

Election history

  • 2022Tanah Rata (Pahang State)Won⛓

Stance evolution

Public statements grouped chronologically. The party tag shows which party the politician was contesting under at that point.

  1. 2025DAP
    • In this context, the uncontrolled inflow of imported vegetables, regardless of type, inevitably risks distorting the supply-demand balance, creating oversupply in the market, driving down farm-gate prices, and severely undermining the livelihoods of local farmers.

      Statement on vegetable import policies and their impact on Cameron Highlands farmers. · Source

    • The landslide shows Cameron Highlands does not have such a system in place.

      Said after visiting residents at a relief centre following a landslide near Puncak Arabella apartments in Tanah Rata, calling for an early disaster warning system. · Source

  2. 2023DAP
    • It is a 500% increase and it burdens the farmers.

      Said in a statement when delivering over 100 boxes of vegetables to Parliament to highlight Cameron Highlands farmers' plight over land rental increases. · Source

Perspectives on key issues

  • VerifiedFactsHo Chi Yang won the Tanah Rata state seat in GE15 (November 2022) with a majority of 2,484 votes over candidates from BN and PN, and holds dual roles as Pahang DAP Youth chief and DAP national Youth Publicity Secretary as of November 2024.⛓
  • GovernmentAs part of the Pakatan Harapan bloc in the Pahang State Assembly, Ho voted in support of the state government's motion to appoint five assemblymen in May 2024, aligning with the PH-BN unity coalition position in Pahang.⛓
  • OppositionPerikatan Nasional's Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man criticised the May 2024 Pahang assembly appointments — supported by Ho — as 'politically motivated', contrary to the original intent when the state constitution was amended to allow such appointments.⛓
  • AffectedCameron Highlands vegetable farmers, represented through a memorandum delivered by Ho to Parliament in April 2023, called for government attention to high land rents and rising input costs that threatened their livelihoods.⛓

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