| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' |
| Wong Foon Meng | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
| Order: | 15th |
| Office: | President of the Dewan Negara |
| Primeminister: | Najib Razak |
| Term Start: | 7 July 2009 |
| Term End: | 12 April 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh |
| Successor: | Abu Zahar Ujang |
| Constituency Am2: | Bandar |
| Assembly2: | Terengganu State Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 25 April 1995 |
| Term End2: | 29 November 1999 |
| Predecessor2: | Harun Jusoh |
| Successor2: | Md. Azmi Lop Yusof |
| Office1: | Secretary-General of Malaysian Chinese Association |
| Term Start1: | 11 November 2008 |
| Term End1: | 7 April 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Ong Ka Chuan |
| 1Blankname1: | President |
| 1Namedata1: | Ong Tee Keat Chua Soi Lek |
| Successor1: | Kong Cho Ha |
| Birth Name: | Wong Foon Meng |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
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Wong Foon Meng is a Malaysian politician and engineer. He is also the former President of the Dewan Negara and a former Terengganu State Assemblyman for the seat of Bandar, Kuala Terengganu from 1995 to 1999.
Wong was a civil servant in Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment from 1978 to 1990 and later became a Consulting Engineer in 1991 upon leaving the government service.
Wong made his debut in the 1990 general election by contesting the Bandar, Kuala Terengganu state seat but lost. He was elected to the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly in the 1995 general election but lost his seat in the subsequent 1999 general election.[1]
He was appointed to the Senate in April 2004,[2] and elected as the Deputy President of the Senate in July the same year. He went on to become Senate President on 7 July 2009.[3] His term ended on 12 April 2010, and he was succeeded by Abu Zahar Ujang.[4]
Wong was the secretary-general for Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) from 2008 to 2010 when he was picked by the former president Ong Tee Keat then.[5]
He is currently the Chairman of Bina Puri Holdings Berhad, a Malaysian Main Market public listed company involved in construction, property development, quarrying activities and highway concession.[6]
| Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | N13 Bandar | (MCA) | 3,956 | 37.61% | (PAS) | 4,682 | 44.51% | 10,518 | 726 | 73.20% | ||||
| (DAP) | 1,519 | 14.44% | ||||||||||||
| Ghazali bin Mohamad (IND) | 99 | 0.94% | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | N14 Bandar | (MCA) | 6,970 | 54.36% | Mustafa @ Hassan bin Ali (PAS) | 5,562 | 43.38% | 12,823 | 1,925 | 74.72% | ||||
| 1999a. | (MCA) | 6,245 | 46.42% | Md Azmi Lop Yusof (PAS) | 6,756 | 50.22% | 13,452 | 511 | 74.39% | |||||
| Ng Chai Hing (IND) | 187 | 1.39% | ||||||||||||
Note: a. During 1999 election, the Barisan Nasional (BN) ruled Terengganu state government has also fallen to the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) led Barisan Alternatif coalition.[7] [8]