Chong Sin Woon

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chong (张) and Sin (盛)) is a generation name.

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Chong Sin Woon DPSM
张盛闻
Deputy Minister of Education II
In office 29 July 2015 – 9 May 2018
Monarchs	Abdul Halim (2015–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018)
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister	Mahdzir Khalid
Preceded by	Mary Yap
Succeeded by	Teo Nie Ching (Deputy Minister of Education)
Constituency	Senator
Senator Elected by the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
In office 21 April 2014 – 28 April 2018 Serving with Salim Shariff
Monarchs	Abdul Halim (2014–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018)
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Preceded by	Yeow Chai Thiam
Succeeded by	Kesavadas A. Achyuthan Nair
Secretary-General of the Malaysian Chinese Association
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2019
President	Wee Ka Siong
Deputy	Chai Kim Sen (2019–2021) Pamela Yong (since 2021)
Preceded by	Chew Mei Fun
Youth Chief of the Malaysian Chinese Association
In office 20 December 2013 – 4 November 2018
President	Liow Tiong Lai
Deputy	Chris Lee Ching Yong
Preceded by	Wee Ka Siong
Succeeded by	Nicole Wong Siaw Ting
Chairman of the Port Klang Authority
In office 28 April 2020 – 14 December 2022
Minister	Wee Ka Siong
General manager	Subramaniam Karuppiah
Preceded by	Ean Yong Hian Wah
Succeeded by	Ean Yong Hian Wah
Personal details
Born	Chong Sin Woon (1973-12-25) 25 December 1973 (age 51) Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Chai Yoke Shyuan
Children	2
Alma mater	National University of Malaysia
Occupation	Politician

Chong Sin Woon (simplified Chinese: 张盛闻; traditional Chinese: 張盛聞; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tioⁿ Sēng-bûn; born 25 December 1973) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Education II from a Cabinet reshuffle in July 2015 to the collapse of the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration in May 2018. He served as a Senator from April 2014 to April 2017 for the first term and reappointed to serve from April 2017 to April 2020 for the second term until his resignation in April 2018 to contest in the 2018 General Election. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the BN coalition as well as its Secretary-General since September 2019 after the resignation of his predecessor Chew Mei Fun.[1]

Early life

Chong was born in Negeri Sembilan to Chong Fatt Yuen and Leaw Moi.[2] His parents were rubber tappers. Chong is the youngest among seven siblings. As a child, Chong delivered newspapers to supplement his family's income.[2] He attended SJKC Kuo Min and he went on to spend eight years in SM Dato Mohd Said in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. Chong graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from National University of Malaysia in 1999.

Political career

Upon his graduation in 1999, Chong joined MCA in 2001.[3] He won the MCA Youth Chief's post in 2013[4] and appointed as a Senator in 2014.[5] In 2015 he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Education II by the then-prime minister, Najib Razak in a Cabinet reshuffle.[6] Chong was reappointed as Senator in 2017.[7]

In 2018 Malaysian general election, Chong contested for the Seremban federal seat against the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) National Organising Secretary Anthony Loke and was defeated. Chong and his MCA Youth concedes defeat and is ready to position itself as the opposition to "keep an eye" on the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration in 2018. In September 2019, Chew Mei Fun resigned as the Secretary-General of MCA and Chong was appointed to take over the position and has served since then. However, 21 months later in February 2020, PH collapsed due to party-hopping and was replaced with Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration led by Prime Minister and President of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) Muhyiddin Yassin in March 2020. MCA, which is in BN, is aligned with PN and hence he was appointed Chairman of the Port Klang Authority by the PN administration in April 2020.[8]

Controversy

On 5 November 2017, Chong has apologised for his insensitive 'tokong' or 'deity-like' remarks and jibe he had made over Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng in his speech during the 64th MCA general assembly amid Penang's devastating floods situation.[9][10][11]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[12]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P128 Seremban		Chong Sin Woon (MCA)	24,809	27.02%		Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP)	55,503	60.45%	93,254	30,694	84.65%
							Shariffuddin Ahmad (PAS)	11,506	12.53%
2022	P080 Raub		Chong Sin Woon (MCA)	16,939	30.12%		Chow Yu Hui (DAP)	21,613	38.43%	56,235	4,357	74.92%
							Fakrunizam Ibrahim (BERSATU)	17,256	30.69%
							Norkhairul Anuar Mohamed Nor (PEJUANG)	427	0.76%

Honours

•  Malacca :
  • Companion Class II of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DPSM) – Datuk (2016)[13]

See also

• Seremban (federal constituency)

References

1. Chung, Clarissa (26 September 2019). "Chong Sin Woon is MCA's new sec-gen". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 26 September 2019.
2. Foong, Pek Yee (16 August 2015). "Malaysia's deputy education minister recalls tough childhood". Asia One. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
3. Foong, Pek Yee (16 August 2015). "Small-town boy makes good". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
4. "Chong Sin Woon is new MCA Youth chief". The Star (Malaysia). 20 December 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
5. "FOUR LEADERS TAKE OATH AS SENATORS". Parliament of Malaysia. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
6. "MCA gets more reps in cabinet, MIC loses one". Bernama. The Sun Daily. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
7. "Chong Sin Woon reappointed as senator". Bernama. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
8. Brown, Victoria (18 May 2018). "MCA Youth ready to take on Opposition role". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 22 May 2018.
9. Lu, Wei Hong (5 November 2017). "Amid Penang floods, Chong tells 'deity-like' Guan Eng not to fight the heavens". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
10. "Chong apologises for Guan Eng 'deity' jibe". Malaysiakini. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
11. Phung, Adrian (7 November 2017). "Chong Sin Woon apologises to Penangites over insensitive remarks". The Sun (Malaysia). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
12. "Federal Government Gazette, Results of Contested Election Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Negeri Sembilan" (PDF). Election Commission. Retrieved 13 June 2018.^[permanent dead link‍] Percentage figures based on total turnout.
13. "'Star' honoured". The Star (Malaysia). 16 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2018.