Yang Berbahagia Datuk Lai Meng Chong DMSM AMN
赖明忠

Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for Machap
In office 12 April 2007 – 8 May 2018
Preceded by	Poh Ah Tiam (MCA-BN)
Succeeded by	Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PKR-PH)
Majority	4,081 (2007) 1,639 (2008) 152 (2013)

Personal details
Born	(1951-09-03) 3 September 1951 (age 72) Malacca, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Occupation	Politician

Lai Meng Chong (Chinese: 賴明忠; pinyin: Lài Míngzhōng; born 3 September 1951) is a Malaysian politician of Chinese descent from the town of Machap Baru in Malacca state.^[1] He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and holds the position of vice-chairman in the MCA's Alor Gajah division.^[2] Lai is also the political secretary to the Malaysian Minister of Human Resources, MCA vice-president and MP for Alor Gajah, Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn. He was nominated as the BN's candidate in the 2007 Machap by-election.^[2]

Election results

**Malacca State Legislative Assembly**^[3]^[4]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2007	N08 Machap	Lai Meng Chong (MCA)	5,533	79.21%	Liou Chen Kuang (DAP)	1,452	20.79%	7,151	4,081	74.31%
2008		Lai Meng Chong (MCA)	4,707	60.54%	Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PKR)	3,068	39.46%	7,986	1,639	77.10%
2013		Lai Meng Chong (MCA)	5,003	50.46%	Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PKR)	4,851	48.93%	10,123	152	86.65%
2013		Lai Meng Chong (MCA)	5,003	50.46%	Ravinther Sekaran (KITA)	61	0.61%	10,123	152	86.65%

Honours

Malaysia :
- Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1997)^[5]
Malacca :
- Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2009)^[6]