Frankie Gan Joon Zin

Frankie Gan Joon Zin
颜骏任
Personal details
Born	(1966-07-16) 16 July 1966 Melaka, Malaysia
Political party	MCA – Barisan Nasional
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Buddhism
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	顏駿任
Simplified Chinese	颜骏任
Hanyu Pinyin	Yán Jùnrèn
Hokkien POJ	Gân Chùnjīm

Frankie Gan Joon Zin (颜骏任; born 16 July 1966) is a community leader in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. For his valor in community service and his spirit of volunteerism, he was awarded the Bintang Kesatria Mahkota Wilayah form His Highness Yang di-Pertuan Agong King of Malaysia.^[1]

NGO and Community Service

Frankie Gan is the national treasurer for St. John Ambulance Malaysia (2001 to 2005). He is also the Secretary for the Pertubuhan Kesenian dan Warisan Masyarakat Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.^[2]

The Singing Candidate

Frankie Gan Joo Zin loves singing, he was in the entertainment business when he was younger age. At the year of 2013, Frankie had made Malaysian famous with his own creative video "The Love Is In The Air" and the respective political MV advertisement had scored a ridicule to almost everyone in Malaysia. His superb achievement was the first in the history of Malaysian to get in oversea programme “Gruen Nation”. Frankie had further being discussed in Internet as Malaysian most famous singer as comparable to the Korean artist PSY whom also famous by his own creative MV “Oppa Gangnam Style” His achievement had made him bright in his political career and supported by many of Malaysian Chinese voter. In an act to woo voters, Frankie Gan decided that he will try to win their hearts and votes by singing. He even made a MTV Karaoke CD to be distributed to the public, including a series of Tamil Song, Hakka Song and many more. Mixed response was received from the public.^[3] However, Frankie's action added a colorful and harmonious atmosphere to the tension brewing over Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat.^[4] The ruling party tries to create a myth that Frankie may be a candidate who is passionate to spread love instead of hate messages to the public.

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