Chong Sin Woon

Datuk Chong Sin Woon (simplified Chinese: 张盛闻; traditional Chinese: 張盛聞; 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 the 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 for 6 years in total, a term is fixed for 3 years. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the BN coalition and is aligned with the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition as well as its Secretary-General since September 2019 after the resignation of his predecessor Chew Mei Fun.[1]

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 – 10 May 2018
MonarchAbdul Halim
(2015–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterMahdzir Khalid
Preceded byMary Yap
Succeeded byTeo Nie Ching (Deputy Minister of Education)
ConstituencySenator
Senator
In office
21 April 2014 – 20 April 2020
MonarchAbdul Halim
(2014–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
(2014–2018)
Mahathir Mohamad
(2018–2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin
(2020)
Secretary-General of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
Assumed office
26 September 2019
PresidentWee Ka Siong
DeputyChai Kim Sen
Preceded byChew Mei Fun
ConstituencySeremban
Youth Chief of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
In office
20 December 2013 – 4 November 2018
PresidentLiow Tiong Lai
DeputyChris Lee Ching Yong
Preceded byWee Ka Siong
Succeeded byNicole Wong Siaw Ting
ConstituencySeremban
Chairman of the Port Klang Authority
Assumed office
28 April 2020
MinisterWee Ka Siong
general managerSubramaniam Karuppiah
Preceded byEan Yong Hian Wah
Personal details
Born
Chong Sin Woon

(1973-12-25) 25 December 1973
Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Nationality Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations		National Front (BN)
Spouse(s)Chai Yoke Shyuan
Alma materNational University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician

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 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

In 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 : P128 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan[12]
Year Barisan Nasional Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 Chong Sin Woon (MCA) 24,809 27% Loke Siew Fook (DAP) 55,503 60% 110,168 30,694 85%
Shariffuddin Ahmad (PAS) 11,506 13%

Honours

See also

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. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  13. "'Star' honoured". The Star (Malaysia). 16 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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