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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
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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 until his resignation in April 2018 to contest in the
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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,
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Upon his graduation in 1999, Chong joined MCA in 2001. He won the MCA Youth Chief's post in 2013 and appointed as a Senator in 2014. In 2015 he was appointed as
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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
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coalition as well as its Secretary-General since September 2019 after the resignation of his predecessor
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in his speech during the 64th MCA general assembly amid Penang's devastating floods situation.
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in a Cabinet reshuffle. Chong was reappointed as Senator in 2017.
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On 5 November 2017, Chong has apologised for his insensitive
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He served as a 1284: 1264:"MCA gets more reps in cabinet, MIC loses one" 652:reshuffle in July 2015 to the collapse of the 70: 1374:"Chong apologises for Guan Eng 'deity' jibe" 1321:"MCA Youth ready to take on Opposition role" 1172: 1148: 1146: 772:and hence he was appointed Chairman of the 372:20 December 2013 – 4 November 2018 1444:Percentage figures based on total turnout. 201:Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly 80: 1519:Malaysian Chinese Association politicians 433:28 April 2020 – 14 December 2022 1509:Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent 1143: 1292:"Chong Sin Woon reappointed as senator" 1208:"Chong Sin Woon is new MCA Youth chief" 962: 875: 1529:National University of Malaysia alumni 1481: 668:(MCA), a major component party of the 214:21 April 2014 – 28 April 2018 1398: 1318: 1178: 1152: 1124:"Chong Sin Woon is MCA's new sec-gen" 1122:Chung, Clarissa (26 September 2019). 1121: 1236:"FOUR LEADERS TAKE OATH AS SENATORS" 728:(DAP) National Organising Secretary 724:federal seat against the opposition 802: 700: 13: 1534:21st-century Malaysian politicians 1346: 106:29 July 2015 – 9 May 2018 14: 1545: 1504:Malaysian people of Hakka descent 1399:Phung, Adrian (7 November 2017). 1179:Foong, Pek Yee (16 August 2015). 1153:Foong, Pek Yee (16 August 2015). 758:Malaysian United Indigenous Party 1347:Lu, Wei Hong (5 November 2017). 1087: 1061: 1048: 764:in March 2020. 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He is a member of the 726:Democratic Action Party 1241:Parliament of Malaysia 886:Anthony Loke Siew Fook 810:Parliament of Malaysia 748:and was replaced with 794:Penang Chief Minister 756:and President of the 662:2018 General Election 451:Subramaniam Karuppiah 413:Nicole Wong Siaw Ting 216:Serving with 1008:Fakrunizam Ibrahim ( 922:Shariffuddin Ahmad ( 774:Port Klang Authority 421:Port Klang Authority 390:Chris Lee Ching Yong 16:Malaysian politician 1514:Malaysian Buddhists 1460:The Star (Malaysia) 1433:Election Commission 1326:The Star (Malaysia) 1213:The Star (Malaysia) 1186:The Star (Malaysia) 1129:The Star (Malaysia) 815: 621:traditional Chinese 357:Youth Chief of the 1405:The Sun (Malaysia) 1216:. 20 December 2013 807: 768:, is aligned with 750:Perikatan Nasional 684:Chong was born in 644:who served as the 613:simplified Chinese 1463:. 16 October 2016 1455:"'Star' honoured" 1380:. 5 November 2017 1039: 1038: 744:collapsed due to 603: 602: 473:Ean Yong Hian Wah 462:Ean Yong Hian Wah 310:26 September 2019 1541: 1473: 1472: 1470: 1468: 1451: 1445: 1443: 1441: 1439: 1430: 1422: 1416: 1415: 1413: 1411: 1396: 1390: 1389: 1387: 1385: 1370: 1364: 1363: 1361: 1359: 1344: 1338: 1337: 1335: 1333: 1316: 1310: 1309: 1307: 1305: 1288: 1282: 1281: 1279: 1277: 1260: 1254: 1253: 1251: 1249: 1232: 1226: 1225: 1223: 1221: 1204: 1198: 1197: 1195: 1193: 1176: 1170: 1169: 1167: 1165: 1150: 1141: 1140: 1138: 1136: 1119: 1097: 1092: 1091: 1090: 1065: 1054: 1052: 1051: 955: 927: 869:Chong Sin Woon ( 816: 806: 803:Election results 762:Muhyiddin Yassin 701:Political career 654:Barisan Nasional 635: 626: 618: 567:Chai Yoke Shyuan 557:Barisan Nasional 532: 530: 529: 504: 501:25 December 1973 500: 498: 482:Personal details 470: 458: 431: 419:Chairman of the 409: 397: 370: 347: 340: 334: 307: 273: 261: 249: 242: 234: 212: 203: 178: 169: 157: 135: 128: 120: 104: 84: 75: 74: 73: 46: 45: 1549: 1548: 1544: 1543: 1542: 1540: 1539: 1538: 1479: 1478: 1477: 1476: 1466: 1464: 1453: 1452: 1448: 1437: 1435: 1428: 1424: 1423: 1419: 1409: 1407: 1397: 1393: 1383: 1381: 1372: 1371: 1367: 1357: 1355: 1345: 1341: 1331: 1329: 1317: 1313: 1303: 1301: 1300:. 21 April 2017 1290: 1289: 1285: 1275: 1273: 1272:. 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Index

Chinese name
family name
Chong (张)
generation name
Yang Berbahagia
Datuk
DPSM

Deputy Minister of Education II
Abdul Halim
Muhammad V
Najib Razak
Mahdzir Khalid
Mary Yap
Teo Nie Ching
Senator
Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Salim Shariff
Abdul Halim
Muhammad V
Najib Razak
Yeow Chai Thiam
Kesavadas A. Achyuthan Nair
Malaysian Chinese Association
Incumbent
Wee Ka Siong
Chai Kim Sen
Chew Mei Fun
Malaysian Chinese Association
Liow Tiong Lai

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