MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek wants the Sabah BN leadership to consider allocating another state or parliamentary seat in the state for MCA in the coming general election.

chua soi lek mca penang agm 010810 He said it was appropriate that MCA be given another seat considering the party membership in Sabah which had increased to almost 30,000 people in 25 divisions.

"It is also in line with MCA's vision to meet the request of the Chinese community in Sabah to be represented by a party based in the peninsula," he told reporters after opening the Sabah MCA annual assembly in Kota Kinabalu today.

Chua said that despite the increase in MCA membership in Sabah, the party was only represented by one elected representative, Kapayan assemblyman Edward Khoo Keok Hai.

He said it was time for MCA to play a more prominent role in meeting the needs of the Chinese community in Sabah.

- Bernama