Yong Khoon Seng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yong (杨).

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]

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Yong Khoon Seng PGBK DSPN KMN
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 (1941-12-22) 22 December 1941 (age 83) Betong, Sarawak
Political party	Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Alma mater	University of Queensland
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Pharmacist

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]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[5]

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%

Honours

• Malaysia :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1991)
• Penang :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the State (DSPN) – Dato' (1999)
• Sarawak :
  • Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) – Datuk (2013)^[6]