Edmund Chong Ket Wah
Linda Tsen Thau Lin | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah 9 April 1956 Linda Tsen Thau Lin |
| Children | 1 son and 3 daughters |
| Occupation | Politician |
Elopura
division chief in PBS.
Chong was first elected to Parliament by winning the seat of Batu Sapi, a new seat that was created following a re-delineation exercise and was first contested in
independent
candidate Chung Kwong Wing with an overwhelming 3708 majority by polling 9479 votes.
He was a qualified Mechanical Engineer and a Consultant Engineer by profession.[4] He was also the Sabah Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board chairman.[5] He died at the age of 54 in a road accident when his 750cc motorcycle collided with a car along the Sembulan-Tanjung Aru road in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on 9 October 2010.[6][7]
Chong sudden demise had triggered the
Linda Tsen Thau Lin
was chosen as BN candidate and successfully defended the seat he had held when he was alive.
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P185 Batu Sapi , Sabah
|
Edmund Chong Ket Wah ( PBS )
|
Unopposed
| |||||||||
| 2008 | Edmund Chong Ket Wah ( PBS )
|
9,479 | 62.16% | Chung Kwong Wing ( IND )
|
5,771 | 37.84% | 16,398 | 3,708 | 63.06% | |||
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
Sabah :
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2007)[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Edmund Chong Ket Wah @ Chong Ket Fah, Y.B. Datuk Ir" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ "Who those early birds were". Daily Express (Malaysia). 20 March 2004. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ "Untimely Death Halts Chong's Rise in Politics". Bernama. 9 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- Parti Bersatu Sabah. Archived from the originalon 20 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ "Biodata Pengerusi LPKP Sabah". Lembaga Pelesenan Kenderaan Perdagangan Negeri Sabah. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ Vanar, Muguntan (9 October 2010). "Batu Sapi MP Edmund Chong dies in road accident". The Star. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ "Batu Sapi MP dies in road accident". The Malaysian Insider. 9 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).
- The Star Online. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  | This article about a Malaysian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |