Chin Wee Loon, (Chinese : 陈伟伦; pinyin: chén wěi lún) (born 27 May 1984 in Penang, Malaysia) is a Malaysian medical student of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. He is currently undergoing a twinning medical program with the Penang Medical College. He is able to communicate in Malay, English, Hokkien and Cantonese. He has a huge interest in intellectual discourse, constructive criticisms, public debates and elocution. He runs a blog about Malaysian politics. His ambition is to be a politician.

He studied in the Penang Free School (PFS), Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia from 1997 to 2001. In the year 2000, he was unexpectedly awarded the Monash University Outstanding Achievement Award. In the year 2001, he won the Penang Free School Sesquicentenary Prize for the overall best student in Form 5. In the year 2004, he was one of the finalists of the UMNO Pidato Piala Merdeka, achieving 4th placing among the top 10 finalists. Among the judges were Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr Khoo Kay Kim and a few linguists from Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur. The competition was held on 7 September 2004 at the Putra World Trade Centre, which also houses the UMNO general headquarters named Menara Dato Onn. The video of his preliminary speech can be viewed at http://www.umnotv.com/content.php?cat=peristiwa&id=115. In the year 2005, he won the Early Patient Contact Prize organized by the Department of General Practice, RCSI. In the year 2006, he was awarded a summer research funding by RCSI for his medical research project entitled ‘Immune Status in Diabetics’. He is joining an essay writing competition entitled ‘Nurturing the minds of future leaders’ organized by the Perdana Leadership Foundation based in Putrajaya, Malaysia. He is an avid admirer of Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad and Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He supports the idea of Vision 2020 mooted by Dr Mahathir and respects Anwar’s charisma in public speaking. He is also a friend of Fong Po Kuan who is a Member of Parliament of the Democratic Action Party for Batu Gajah, Perak. He wrote an exclusive message in the school staff room for the PFS Online Community and can be assessed at http://pfs.tmspublisher.com/article.cfm?id=170.



A Malaysian Chinese winning 4th place in the United Malays National Organization competition of "Echo of Independence 2004" - an annual event to invite young people to get involved in Malaysian politics. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd places are all Malays. Out of the 10 finalists, 8 are Malays.

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Official WebTV of UMNO organization, Malaysia Sep. 7, 2004.