A KUIK CUP OF TEA

Kuik Cheng Kang

Group Editor-in-Chief of Media Chinese International Limited (Malaysia)

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—— Synopsis

This book compiles Kuik Cheng Kang ‘A Kuik Cup of Tea’ columns published in 2025 and 2026 across Sin Chew Daily, Nanyang Siang Pau, China Press, and Guang Ming Daily, as well as selected articles from his ‘Editor’s Time’ column published in Sin Chew Daily between 2022 and 2024.

Kuik Cheng Kang has devoted himself to the media industry for 40 years. He has personally experienced the transformation of the paper media era to the digital wave, and has also witnessed the transformation and challenges of Chinese media in the great changes of the times. As a senior media person, he has been in contact with the prime minister, ministers, government officials, leaders of the Chinese Association and the Chamber of Commerce, as well as the general public for a long time, mastering multiple perspectives, so that his words can deeply reflect the real situation and social pulse of the event.

On the issue of solidarity, Kuik Cheng Kang bluntly said that some politicians seek political benefits by inciting antagonism and manipulating emotions. At the same time, he emphasised that ‘with love in his heart, everything in his eyes is Halal’. By reflecting on the wrong drawing of the national flag, he revealed the profound harm of racial politics, extreme speech and double standards to press freedom and social inclusion, and pointed out that when patriotism is enforced and labelled, the national flag gradually loses the power to unite people.

This book also brings together the high evaluations of editors-in-chief in the media circles of different languages, affirming the depth and responsibility tempered by Kuik’s 40 years of news experience. His writing is calm and warm, not only facing power and reality, but also insight into society and people’s hearts. In addition, this book contains precious images of his 40-year media career, records the footprints of his companionship with the Chinese Community, and also presents his ideological confrontation and spiritual inheritance with the media on public issues.

—— About the Author

Kuik Cheng Kang｜Journalist

Born in 1964 in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. Graduated from Han Chiang School of Journalism, Penang, in 1985, and joined Shin Min Daily the same year, marking the beginning of his journalism career. In 1990, he joined Sin Chew Daily as a reporter.

Promoted to Assistant News Editor in 1994. Appointed Deputy News Editor in 1995. Became News Editor in 1999. Promoted to Executive Editor (News) in 2000. Appointed Deputy Executive Editor-in-Chief in 2003. Became Executive Editor-in-Chief in 2008.

In 2013, he received the Outstanding Alumni Award from Han Chiang College (renamed Han Chiang University College of Communication in 2014).

From 2014 to 2017, he served as academic advisor for the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Chinese Media Studies programme at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). In 2015, he was appointed Honorary Senior Assistant Commissioner (SAC) of Malaysia’s People’s Volunteer Corps (RELA).

Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Sin Chew Daily in 2016. Since 2018, he has served as President of the Chinese Media Editors Association of Malaysia. In 2021, he was appointed a board member of BERNAMA (Malaysian National News Agency), with the term ending in 2025.

In 2022, he was promoted to Group Editor-in-Chief of Media Chinese International Limited (Malaysia) and concurrently served as Editor-in-Chief of Sin Chew Daily.

In 2024, he was conferred the title of ‘Dato’ by His Royal Highness Sultan Sharafuddin of Selangor, receiving the D.S.I.S. honour.

In 2025, he concluded his tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Sin Chew Daily but continues to serve as Group Editor-in-Chief of Media Chinese International Limited (Malaysia). On 7 November 2025, he was appointed as a member of the Malaysia Media Council.