Chong Eng (; born on 6 July 1957), is a

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who has served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the

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(PH) state administration under Chief Ministers

Lim Guan Eng Lim Guan Eng (; born 8 December 1960) is a Malaysian politician and accountant from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan, Member of ...

and Chow Kon Yeow and as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Padang Lalang since May 2018. She served as

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(MP) of for Bukit Mertajam from November 1999 to May 2013 and MLA of Penang for Batu Lancang from April 1995 to November 1999. She is the member, Women Chief and Deputy Secretary-General of the

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(DAP), a component party of the state ruling but federal opposition

(PH) coalition, she also served as Women Chief of PH from March to September 2021. She is also Deputy Head for Women Parliamentary Caucus and sits as a Standing Order Committee member. She also served in the Women Crisis Center and Community AIDS Service Penang.

Family

She is married to Gunabalan Krishnasamy who is an artist. The couple have two boys, Jothi, who is assisting his mother in political endeavors and Omprekash who is now a 3-time Malaysia book of records breaking athlete, and artist for Koi Tribe, an international web3 magazine.

Personal life and education

She was born in a Chinese new village in Pahang from a family of 10 siblings. She started her primary education in the only Chinese primary school in the village. She was also the first girl from the village to pursue her study in a local university, namely Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)). She eventually obtained her bachelor of Science degree in Human Development Studies from UPM. Now, she writes regularly in local Chinese dailies and have published three books.

Political career

Chong started her political career as a full-time research officer in 1990 with DAP Penang. Chong won the Batu Lanchang state constituency in 1995 Malaysian general election and became the first women to be elected into the

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. She was the sole opposition representative in the state assembly at that time. She subsequently were elected as Bukit Mertajam Member of Parliament in

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

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general elections. She then contested and won the Penang state seat of Padang Lalang in

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and

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general elections. On 18 March 2021, she was appointed as Women Chief of the

(PH) opposition coalition.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chong, Eng 1957 births Living people People from Pahang Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Women members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Women MLAs in Penang Penang state executive councillors 21st-century Malaysian politicians 21st-century Malaysian women politicians