GOPENG: MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat has denied receiving any resignation letter from Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan.
Stating this for the first time after speculation started over Ka Chuan’s position in the Cabinet, Tee Keat said: “No, I have not received any resignation letter from him.”
New site: Tee Keat (second left) during a ground-breaking ceremony in Gopeng yesterday. Joining him (from left) are MCA vice-president Datuk Kong Cho Ha, Ka Chuan, Gopeng MCA division chief Albert Chang and his deputy Alex Chan.He was speaking to reporters after a ground-breaking ceremony for the Lawan Kuda MCA branch office near here yesterday.
Tee Keat, nevertheless, confirmed that he did meet Ka Chuan just after the party elections.
“But the meeting was to discuss party issues.”
He said if Ka Chuan had wanted to leave his ministerial post, the resignation letter should have been addressed to the Prime Minister by convention.
It was recently reported that Ka Chuan, who lost his bid for the party’s deputy president’s post, had written a letter to inform Tee Keat of his decision to resign from his Cabinet post.
Asked whether there was a deadline for him to submit a new list of MCA Cabinet ministers to the Prime Minister, Tee Keat said: “We are not sitting for an examination. There is no deadline or time limit.”
On reports of his less than cordial relation with his deputy Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, Tee Keat said it was just public perception.
He said the priority should now be on the party’s agenda and not personal obsession.
Pressed further on his relationship with Dr Chua, Tee Keat said: “No matter what you ask, I’ll stop at this.”
On reports that former MCA deputy president Tan Sri Lee Kim Sai might make a comeback to party politics,
Tee Keat said he had been receiving calls and messages of late from party veterans expressing their readiness to serve the party.
“Certainly with their wealth of experience, the veterans will be an asset to the party,” he said.
Earlier in his speech, Tee Keat, who is also Transport Minister, reminded party members to be friendly to the community, adding that branch leaders should help restore the people’s confidence in the party.
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