Yong Khoon Seng | |
|---|---|
| 杨昆贤 | |
| Deputy Minister of Works | |
| In office 19 March 2008 –15 May 2013 | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak |
| Minister | Mohd Zin Mohamed Shaziman Abu Mansor |
| Constituency | Stampin |
| Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Works | |
| In office 1995–2008 | |
| Monarchs | Ja'afar Salahuddin Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Samy Vellu |
| Deputy Minister | Railey Jeffrey (1995–1999) Mohamed Khaled Nordin (1999–2004) Mohd Zin Mohamed (2004–2008) |
| Constituency | Padawan Stampin |
| Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of National Unity and Community Development | |
| In office 1990–1995 | |
| Monarchs | Azlan Shah Ja'afar |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Napsiah Omar |
| Deputy Minister | Alexander Lee Yu Lung |
| Constituency | Padawan |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 1990–2013 | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yong Khoon Hian @ Yong Khoon Seng 22 December 1941 |
| Political party | Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Pharmacist |
Yong Khoon Seng (simplified Chinese :杨昆贤; traditional Chinese :楊昆賢; pinyin :Yáng Kūnxián;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. [2] He was immediately appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary. [3] Before entering politics,he was a pharmacist,graduating from the University of Queensland. [2] He was born in Betong,Sarawak. [3]
However,at the 2013 general election,Yong lost his seat to a Democratic Action Party (DAP) candidate,Julian Tan Kok Ping. [4]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | P158 Padawan | Yong Khoon Seng (SUPP) | 16,362 | 62.66% | Cheng Hui Hong (DAP) | 9,751 | 37.34% | 26,692 | 6,611 | 67.99% | ||
| 1995 | P170 Padawan | Yong Khoon Seng (SUPP) | 19,258 | 72.33% | Akaw Nonjep (IND) | 7,368 | 27.67% | 27,867 | 11,890 | 88.09% | ||
| 1999 | P170 Stampin | Yong Khoon Seng (SUPP) | 18,810 | 61.86% | Voon Lee Shan (DAP) | 9,913 | 32.60% | 31,098 | 8,897 | 60.91% | ||
| Chua Chio Kuia (IND) | 1,684 | 5.54% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | P196 Stampin | Yong Khoon Seng (SUPP) | 21,155 | 61.18% | Voon Lee Shan (DAP) | 13,424 | 38.82% | 35,806 | 7,731 | 59.87% | ||
| 2008 | Yong Khoon Seng (SUPP) | 21,966 | 51.01% | Voon Lee Shan (DAP) | 18,896 | 43.88% | 43,922 | 3,070 | 65.30% | |||
| See Chee How (PKR) | 2,198 | 5.10% | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Yong Khoon Seng (SUPP) | 22,993 | 35.43% | Julian Tan Kok Ping (DAP) | 41,663 | 64.20% | 65,515 | 18,670 | 77.32% | |||
| Soo Lina (STAR) | 239 | 0.37% | ||||||||||