Yong Khoon Seng Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Yong Khoon Seng
Birth Name:Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng
Birth Date:22 December 1941
Birth Place:Betong, Sarawak
Office1:Deputy Minister of Works
Term Start1:19 March 2008
Term End1:15 May 2013
Monarch1:Mizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Primeminister1:Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
Minister1:Mohd Zin Mohamed
Shaziman Abu Mansor
Constituency1:Stampin
Office2:Parliamentary Secretary of the
Ministry of Works
Term Start2:1995
Term End2:2008
Monarch2:Ja'afar
Salahuddin
Sirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Primeminister2:Mahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister2:Samy Vellu
1Blankname2:Deputy Minister
1Namedata2:Railey Jeffrey

Mohamed Khaled Nordin

Mohd Zin Mohamed
Constituency2:Padawan
Stampin
Office3:Parliamentary Secretary of the
Ministry of National Unity and Community Development
Term Start3:1990
Term End3:1995
Monarch3:Azlan Shah
Ja'afar
Primeminister3:Mahathir Mohamad
Minister3:Napsiah Omar
1Blankname3:Deputy Minister
1Namedata3:Alexander Lee Yu Lung
Constituency3:Padawan
Office9:Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm9:1990–2013
Suboffice9:Barisan Nasional
Party:Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Pharmacist
Alma Mater:University of Queensland

Datuk Yong Khoon Seng (; born 22 December 1941) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Stampin constituency in Sarawak, representing the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), from 1999 until 2013. He was a Deputy Minister of Works in the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition government.[1]

Yong entered Parliament in 1990 for the seat of Padawan. He was immediately appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary.[2] Before entering politics, he was a pharmacist, graduating from the University of Queensland.[3] He was born in Betong, Sarawak.[2]

However, at the 2013 general election, Yong lost his seat to a Democratic Action Party (DAP) candidate, Julian Tan Kok Ping.[4]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1990P158 Padawan, Sarawak (SUPP)16,36262.66%Cheng Hui Hong (DAP)9,75137.34%26,6926,61167.99%
1995P170 Padawan, Sarawak (SUPP)19,25872.33%Akaw Nonjep (IND)7,36827.67%27,86711,89088.09%
1999P170 Stampin, Sarawak (SUPP)18,81061.86%Voon Lee Shan (DAP)9,91332.60%31,0988,89760.91%
Chua Chio Kuia (IND)1,6845.54%
2004P196 Stampin, Sarawak (SUPP)21,15561.18%Voon Lee Shan (DAP)13,42438.82%35,8067,73159.87%
2008 (SUPP)21,96651.01%Voon Lee Shan (DAP)18,89643.88%43,9223,07065.30%
See Chee How (PKR)2,1985.10%
2013Yong Khoon Seng (SUPP)22,99335.43% (DAP)41,66364.20%65,51518,67077.32%
Soo Lina (STAR)2390.37%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yong Khoon Seng, Y.B. Dato' . . ms . 7 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091124143301/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/eng-DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=174 . 24 November 2009 .
  2. News: Yong right man for the new job. 28 October 1990. New Straits Times. 7 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160407063047/https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=prYTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4110,3908077&dq=yong-khoon-seng&hl=en. 7 April 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  3. News: Pharmacist-turned-politician prescribes development now. 5 August 1996. New Straits Times. 7 April 2010.
  4. News: Chin admits Chinese leaving BN in droves. 7 May 2013. Borneo Post. 19 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Muhyiddin leads recipients of state honours. 14 September 2013. 14 October 2018. The Star.