Wong Yuee Harng

Ringkasan

Wong Yuee Harng (lahir 5 Oktober 1988) ialah Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri DAP bagi kawasan Pengkalan Kota di Pulau Pinang, yang dipilih pada Ogos 2023 dengan 69.2% undi. Sebelum memasuki arena politik peringkat negeri, beliau berkhidmat selama lapan tahun sebagai ahli majlis di Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang, dan kini memegang jawatan Bendahari serta Ketua Sayap Pemuda DAP bahagian Tanjong. Fokus perundangannya tertumpu pada pemuliharaan warisan, infrastruktur awam, pengiktirafan warisan budaya takbenda, serta perluasan program kebajikan negeri.

Biografi

Wong Yuee Harng (lahir 5 Oktober 1988) ialah seorang ahli politik Malaysia yang menjawat jawatan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri) Pengkalan Kota di Pulau Pinang sejak Ogos 2023 (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Yuee_Harng). Beliau merupakan ahli Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP), sebuah parti komponen dalam gabungan Pakatan Harapan (PH) (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Yuee_Harng). Wong menyertai DAP pada 2012 dan, sebelum dipilih ke dewan undangan negeri, berkhidmat selama lapan tahun di Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang (MBPP) (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Yuee_Harng). Semasa menjadi ahli majlis bandaraya, beliau bertugas sebagai pengerusi gantian jawatankuasa kecil tempat letak kereta majlis tersebut (Sumber: thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/08/28/when-foreign-friends-play-tout). Beliau kini memegang jawatan Bendahari dan Ketua Sayap Pemuda DAP bahagian Tanjong (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Yuee_Harng). Dalam pilihan raya negeri Pulau Pinang 2023, Wong bertanding dan memenangi kerusi Pengkalan Kota di bawah bendera PH-DAP dengan meraih 69.2% undi (14,921 undi) serta majoriti 14,076 undi mengatasi calon terdekat dari Perikatan Nasional-Gerakan (Sumber: election.thestar.com.my/ge15/penang.html). Beliau termasuk dalam kalangan 40 Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang yang mengangkat sumpah jawatan berikutan pilihan raya tersebut (Sumber: sinarharian.com.my/article/276155). Di Dewan Undangan Negeri, Wong telah mengemukakan soalan mengenai pemuliharaan warisan, pengiktirafan UNESCO terhadap warisan budaya takbenda Pulau Pinang, dasar kebajikan, serta penyelenggaraan infrastruktur awam — mencerminkan kedudukan kawasannya dalam zon warisan George Town (Sumber: freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/11/27/simplify-application-process-for-heritage-building-maintenance-penang-govt-told; bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2555429).

Dikenali kerana

Wong Yuee Harng dikenali melalui latar belakangnya dalam kerajaan tempatan, setelah berkhidmat selama lapan tahun sebagai ahli majlis di Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang sebelum melangkah masuk ke arena politik pilihan raya (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Yuee_Harng). Beliau dikenal pasti dengan advokasi pemuliharaan warisan, khususnya berkaitan pemeliharaan bangunan warisan Kategori II di George Town serta usaha pengiktirafan warisan budaya takbenda Pulau Pinang (Sumber: freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/11/27/simplify-application-process-for-heritage-building-maintenance-penang-govt-told). Beliau turut memperjuangkan perluasan program kebajikan negeri, termasuk seruan agar program bantuan i-Sejahtera diperluaskan kepada bapa tunggal (Sumber: freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/11/27/simplify-application-process-for-heritage-building-maintenance-penang-govt-told).

Pendirian politik

Wong telah memperjuangkan penyederhanaan proses permohonan penyelenggaraan bangunan warisan di George Town. Beliau berhujah bahawa proses birokrasi berbilang peringkat yang sedia ada melambatkan kerja-kerja baik pulih, meningkatkan yuran profesional, dan mendorong penyelenggaraan haram terhadap struktur warisan Kategori II yang tersenarai di bawah UNESCO (Sumber: freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/11/27/simplify-application-process-for-heritage-building-maintenance-penang-govt-told). Beliau juga mengemukakan soalan di Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang mengenai piawaian penyelenggaraan Taman Arkeologi Bandar Sia Boey, mempersoalkan sama ada tapak tersebut memenuhi piawaian warisan dunia UNESCO (Sumber: freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/11/30/rm29-1mil-spent-on-sia-boey-upkeep-since-2019-penang-assembly-told). Dalam bidang kebajikan sosial, Wong menyeru kerajaan negeri agar meluaskan program bantuan kebajikan i-Sejahtera kepada bapa tunggal, dengan alasan bahawa mereka memikul tanggungjawab penjagaan yang setara dengan ibu tunggal (Sumber: freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/11/27/simplify-application-process-for-heritage-building-maintenance-penang-govt-told). Beliau turut membangkitkan soalan di dewan mengenai usaha kerajaan negeri Pulau Pinang untuk memperoleh pengiktirafan warisan budaya takbenda — termasuk makanan tradisi dan perayaan — di peringkat negeri, kebangsaan, dan UNESCO (Sumber: bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2555429). Di peringkat komuniti, beliau terlibat dalam memudahkan akses alat perubatan bagi warga emas dan menyokong naik taraf infrastruktur di kawasannya (Sumber: thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2025/03/14/new-centre-offers-free-loan-of-medical-devices-for-elderly-in-penang; thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2025/06/12/smart-toilet-for-cecil-st-market).

Sebelum politik

1. c. 2015–2023Served as a councillor on the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) for eight years, including as alternate chairman of the council's parking sub-committee.⛓

Kerjaya politik

1. 2012Joined the Democratic Action Party (DAP).⛓
2. July 2023Named as DAP's candidate for the N27 Pengkalan Kota seat in the 2023 Penang state election.⛓
3. August 2023Elected as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Pengkalan Kota, winning 69.2% of the vote (14,921 votes) with a majority of 14,076.⛓
4. August 2023Sworn in as one of 40 Penang state assemblymen following the 2023 state election.⛓
5. November 2023During the debate on Penang's 2024 supply bill, raised concerns about the bureaucratic complexity of heritage building maintenance processes and called for the expansion of the i-Sejahtera welfare programme to single fathers.⛓
6. March 2025Attended the opening of a free medical device lending centre for elderly residents in Pengkalan Kota, describing the constituency as a high-density area where the initiative would benefit those in need.⛓
7. June 2025Attended the official launch of a solar-powered smart toilet at Cecil Street Market in George Town, an MBPP infrastructure upgrade within his constituency.⛓
8. November 2025Intervened in the Chew Jetty panda mural dispute, facilitating the house owner's application to the Penang Island City Council to preserve the artwork.⛓
9. May 2026Raised an oral question in the Penang State Assembly on the state government's achievements in obtaining recognition for intangible heritage at state, national, and international levels, including UNESCO nominations.⛓

Sejarah pilihan raya

• 2023Pengkalan Kota (N27), PenangMenang69.2%⛓

Pendirian isu utama

• VerifiedFactsWong won the Pengkalan Kota seat in August 2023 with 69.2% of the vote and a majority of 14,076 votes, the highest margin recorded in that constituency at that election, according to The Star's election results portal.⛓
• VerifiedFactsWong served eight years as a Penang Island City Council councillor prior to his election to the state assembly, including as alternate chairman of the council's parking sub-committee, as reported by The Star.⛓
• GovernmentWong, as a backbencher within the Pakatan Harapan state government, raised questions in the 2023 state assembly session pressing the executive on heritage maintenance costs, UNESCO recognition progress, and the adequacy of public site upkeep — functioning as an internal accountability mechanism within the ruling coalition.⛓
• PublicResidents of the high-density Pengkalan Kota constituency, which includes George Town's jetty communities and heritage commercial areas, are directly affected by Wong's advocacy on heritage building compliance costs and welfare programme eligibility — issues that touch everyday costs for property owners and lower-income families.⛓