Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan has handed in his letter of resignation as housing and local government minister to MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, an aide to Ka Chuan said Wednesday (19 Nov).

From what Sin Chew Daily has found out, housing and local government minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan has submitted his resignation letter to MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, thus allowing the party to decide on his ministerial post.

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Kiat is delighted that his deputy, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, shares his view on forming the party's government policy monitoring bureau.

MCA Secretary-General Datuk Wong Foon Meng said a person elected to a senior party post by the central delegates may not mean he would be recommended for a government post.

MCA Youth chairman Datuk Wee Ka Siong said deputy president Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek should make use of his past experiences to assist the MCA president, for that is what the Chinese community has wanted to see.

MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek said all that he had said before was not targeted at party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

The moment MCA's leadership line-up was made public, many people's mouths were instantly changed to a wide "O" shape. Sighs of "wow... wow..." saturated the air.

MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek said whether MCA would plunge into infighting would very much depend on whether the senior leadership had the sincerity to integrate the party, accommodate the dissidents and try to strike an accord in the midst of differing voices.

The new leadership line-up announced by MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat Tuesday came as a surprise to some.

Former MCA secretary-general Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan is leaving it to party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat to determine his polical future.