Feature: Huazong’s president retires with pride

Change of guard: Pheng (centre) with Huazong’s new president Goh (right) and deputy president Datuk Ong Seng Khek.

IN the past 10 years, no community leader dared to vie for the top post of Huazong (the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia) when it was under the leadership of steel businessman Tan Sri Pheng Yin Huah.

The key reason: Pheng was spearheading an ambitious project to build Huazong a grand RM100mil home to fulfil his 2009