Sarawak Chinese Association

Sarawak Chinese Association
Persatuan Cina Sarawak
AbbreviationSCA
FoundersEnglish-educated Chinese businessmen leaders largely from Kuching and Sibu.
FoundedJuly 1962
Dissolved1973
HeadquartersKuching, Sarawak
National affiliationSarawak Alliance (1962–1973)
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The Sarawak Chinese Association (Malay: Persatuan Cina Sarawak, SCA) was a political party in the Sarawak state of Malaysia.

History

The party was established in July 1962 by a group of mostly English-educated Chinese businessmen, with the leaders largely from Kuching and Sibu.[1] Based on the Malayan Chinese Association, its membership was limited to ethnic Chinese residents of Sarawak and the aim of its founders was to present a less radical Chinese viewpoint than that offered by the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP).

A member of the Sarawak branch of the Alliance Party,[2] it won two seats in the 1969 general elections, and two of the three seats it contested in the 1970 state elections.[3]

The party was dissolved in 1973 as a result of an agreement between the Alliance and the SUPP.[4][5]

Election results

General elections

Election Seats Status
1964
3 / 159
 Governing coalition
1969
2 / 144
 Governing coalition

State elections

Election Seats
1969 Sarawak
4 / 48

References

  1. ^ Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p774
  2. ^ Justus M. Kroef (2012) Communism in Malaysia and Singapore: A Contemporary Survey, Springer
  3. ^ Faisal S. Hazis (2012) Domination and Contestation: Muslim Bumiputera Politics in Sarawak, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, p283
  4. ^ The Sarawak Chinese Voters and Their Support for the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Kyoto University
  5. ^ Hazis, p89


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