Malaysian Chinese Association

E269093

The Malaysian Chinese Association is a major component party of Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional coalition, historically representing and advocating for the political, economic, and cultural interests of the country’s ethnic Chinese community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Malaysian political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
advocacyArea Chinese cultural rights in Malaysia ⓘ
Chinese-language education in Malaysia ⓘ
business and commerce interests ⓘ
coalitionMemberOf Barisan Nasional ⓘ
coalitionPartner Malaysian Indian Congress ⓘ
United Malays National Organisation ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
electoralSystemContext Malaysian parliamentary democracy ⓘ
ethnicConstituency Malaysian Chinese ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Malaysians
focusArea cultural interests of Malaysian Chinese ⓘ
economic interests of Malaysian Chinese ⓘ
political interests of Malaysian Chinese ⓘ
founder Malaysian Chinese community leaders ⓘ
foundingDate 1949-02-27 ⓘ
foundingLocation Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
governingPeriod part of ruling coalition for most years between 1957 and 2018 ⓘ
hasWing MCA Wanita ⓘ
MCA Youth ⓘ
headquartersCountry Malaysia ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
historicalStatus major component party of Barisan Nasional ⓘ
one of the oldest political parties in Malaysia ⓘ
ideology centre-right politics ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
legislativeBody Dewan Negara ⓘ
Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
membershipBase Malaysian citizens of Chinese descent ⓘ
parentCoalitionIdeology Malay nationalism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
participatesIn Malaysian general elections ⓘ
partyColor blue ⓘ
white ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
previousCoalition Alliance Party ⓘ
primaryLanguage Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
primaryReligionAmongMembers Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
regionOfActivity Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: West Malaysia
shortName MCA ⓘ
stateLegislativeBodies various Malaysian state legislative assemblies ⓘ
symbol scale ⓘ
website https://www.mca.org.my ⓘ

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Chinese Malaysians → politicalPartyTraditionallySupported → Malaysian Chinese Association ⓘ
Barisan Nasional → includesParty → Malaysian Chinese Association ⓘ
Alliance Party → foundedBy → Malayan Chinese Association ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian Chinese Association
Alliance Party → hasMemberParty → Malayan Chinese Association ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian Chinese Association
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) PJ campus → hasAffiliation → Malaysian Chinese Association ⓘ
MCA Youth → parentOrganization → Malaysian Chinese Association ⓘ
MCA Youth → partOf → Malaysian Chinese Association youth structure ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian Chinese Association
MCA Wanita → parentOrganization → Malaysian Chinese Association ⓘ
Malaysian Indian Congress → alliancePartner → Malaysian Chinese Association ⓘ
subject linked to: MIC