POWER OF ATTORNEY



      I, Martha F. Perry, Senior Vice President and Director of Financial

Planning & Analysis of United Commercial Bank, hereby authorize and designate

Dennis Alan Lee and/or Eileen Romero as my agent and attorney-in-fact,

with full power of substitution, to:



      (1) prepare and sign on my behalf any Forms 3, 4 or 5 under

Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and file the same with

the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange on which

UCBH Holdings, Inc.'s (the "Corporation")

stock is listed;



      (2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the

Securities Act of 1933 and file the same with the Securities and Exchange

Commission; and



      (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection

with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be

of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the

undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such

attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of

Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and

conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such

attorney-in-fact's discretion.



      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full

power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing

whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of

any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and

purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with

full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming

all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or

substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this

power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The

undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving

in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor

is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to

comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



      This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned

is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the

undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the

Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed

writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.





Dated: July 10, 2008    /s/ Martha F. Perry