Consider This: MCA (Part 1) - Repositioning Party For The Future

MCA whose association with UMNO and MIC goes back to the fight for Independence now finds itself a junior partner in the Perikatan Nasional coalition that styles itself a Malay-Muslim government. With talk of the increasing fluidity of Malaysian politics and even expectations of non-traditional alignments, how will one of the country’s oldest parties align itself? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Datuk Chong Sin Woon, Secretary-General of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Chairman of the Port Klang Authority and Second Deputy Education Minister from July 2015 to May 2018.