Mary Yap Kain Ching

Mary Yap Kain Ching is a Malaysian politician and the former Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Cabinet of Malaysia. She is a member of United Sabah Party (PBS).

Personal life Mary was born on 10 March 1951 in Tawau, Crown Colony of North Borneo and spent most of her childhood there before being sent to Kota Kinabalu to live with relatives after Form 3 to continue her studies. She is a devout Christian of the Protestant tradition belonging to the Basel Christian Church of Malaysia denomination. She was an advisor to the Minister of Education on the Cluster Schools of Excellence Movement from 2007 to 2009. The Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation awarded her the second Lý Chánh Đức Award. Later she became the Deputy Minister of Higher Education for Malaysia from 2015 to 2018. On 10 November 2017, she opened the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Research Centre of the National University of Malaysia.

Political career Prior to the 2013 general election, she contest the parliamentary seat in her hometown of Tawau and won, subsequently became a Member of Parliament for the town.

Election results

Honours

Justice of the Peace (JP) (2005)