A year after the fall of the Pakatan Harapan government, reversals in the reform agenda and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, how can we begin to assess the course of governance in the country? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Datuk Chong Sin Woon, Secretary-General of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Chairman of the Port Klang Authority and Second Deputy Education Minister from July 2015 to May 2018.