Datuk
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The title of the wife of Datuk is Datin.
Origin
The oldes ...
Chong Sin Woon (; born 25 December 1973) is a
Malaysian
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politician who served as the
Deputy Minister of Education II from a
Cabinet
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reshuffle in July 2015 to the collapse of the
Barisan Nasional
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(BN) administration in May 2018. He served as the
Senator
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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
The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...
(MCA), a major component party of the
BN coalition and is aligned with the ruling
Perikatan Nasional
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(PN) coalition as well as its Secretary-General since September 2019 after the resignation of his predecessor
Chew Mei Fun.
Early life
Chong was born in
Negeri Sembilan
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to Chong Fatt Yuen and Leaw Moi.
His parents were rubber tappers. Chong is the youngest among seven siblings. As a child, Chong delivered newspapers to supplement his family's income.
He attended SJKC Kuo Min and he went on to spend eight years in SM Dato Mohd Said in
Nilai
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Due to its proximity to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it ...
, Negeri Sembilan. Chong graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics from
National University of Malaysia
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in 1999.
Political career
Upon his graduation in 1999, Chong joined MCA in 2001.
He won the MCA Youth Chief's post in 2013 and appointed as senator in 2014. In 2015 he was appointed as
Deputy Minister of Education II by the then-prime minister,
Najib Razak in a Cabinet reshuffle. Chong was reappointed as senator in 2017.
In
2018 Malaysian general election, Chong contested for the
Seremban
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federal seat against the opposition
Democratic Action Party
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(DAP) National Organising Secretary
Anthony Loke
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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
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(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
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(PN) administration led by
Prime Minister
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and President of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
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(BERSATU)
Muhyiddin Yassin
Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin (born 15 May 1947), commonly known as Muhyiddin bin Muhammad Yassin ( ms, محيي الدين بن محمد ياسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; ), is a Malaysian politician who serv ...
in March 2020. MCA, which is in
BN, is aligned with
PN and hence he was appointed Chairman of the
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by the
PN administration in April 2020.
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
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in his speech during the 64th MCA general assembly amid Penang's devastating floods situation.
Election results
Honours
* :
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Companion Class II of the
Exalted Order of Malacca
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(DPSM) – Datuk (2016)
See also
*
Seremban (federal constituency)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chong, Sin Woon
1973 births
Living people
People from Negeri Sembilan
Malaysian people of Hakka descent
Malaysian people of Chinese descent
Malaysian Buddhists
Malaysian Chinese Association politicians
Members of the Dewan Negara
National University of Malaysia alumni
21st-century Malaysian politicians