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Biography
Dato' Sri Wong Soon Koh (simplified Chinese: 黄顺舸; traditional Chinese: 黄順舸; pinyin: Huáng shùngě; born 16 May 1942), is a Malaysian politician from the Sarawak United Party (PSB), in his sixth-term as an assemblyman (MLA) representing Bawang Assan.
Education
Wong graduated from the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts.
Personal life
Wong's spouse is Pauline Leong. Their only son Andrew Wong Kee Yew, suspectedly died of stroke on 10 February 2019 at their family home in Sibu. Andrew, former deputy chairman of Sibu Municipal Council, is married and has two children, a son and a daughter.
Political career
In September 2011, Wong was reappointed as Second Minister for Finance and reassigned as Minister for Local Government and Housing by Abdul Taib Mahmud.
In May 2014, Wong was sacked from Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), while still being SUPP Sibu branch chairman, by then-president Peter Chin Fah Kui. The party was reportedly unhappy with Wong's decision to appoint a number of community leaders. Soon before he was officially sacked, Wong announced in a hurriedly called press conference that he was joining a newly formed party, Sarawak People's Energy Party (TERAS), together with former Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) president William Mawan Ikom. Less than three months later, Wong announced that he was leaving TERAS to form a new party, United Peoples' Party (UPP), bringing with him three other elected state assemblymen.
In May 2017, Wong was reassigned by the sixth Chief Minister of Sarawak Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg to head the new Ministry of International Trade and E-Commerce.
In late 2018, Wong's party, UPP, announced that it was changing its name to Sarawak United Party (PSB). In July 2019,Wong tendered his resignation as the International Trade and e-Commerce Minister and second Minister of Finance from the state Cabinet.
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Bawang Assan | Wong Soon Koh (SUPP / BN) | 6,112 | 65.50% | Ling Sie Ming (DAP) | 3,220 | 34.50% | 9,401 | 2,892 | 68.45% | ||
| 1996 | Wong Soon Koh (SUPP / BN) | 6,953 | 62.10% | Chian Pao Koh (DAP) | 4,244 | 37.90% | 11,300 | 2,709 | 61.45% | |||
| 2001 | Wong Soon Koh (SUPP / BN) | 9,465 | 79.98% | Michael Tiang Ming Tee (DAP) | 2,369 | 20.02% | 11,920 | 7,096 | 68.85% | |||
| 2006 | Wong Soon Koh (SUPP / BN) | 6,804 | 61.28% | Wong Kee Woan (DAP) | 4,300 | 38.72% | 11,172 | 2,504 | 66.32% | |||
| 2011 | Wong Soon Koh (SUPP / BN) | 7,316 | 57.05% | Alice Lau Kiong Yieng (DAP) | 5,508 | 42.95% | 12,936 | 1,808 | 77.26% | |||
| 2016 | Wong Soon Koh (UPP) | 9,015 | 61.12% | Stanley Chiew Sung Ngie (DAP) | 4,884 | 33.38% | 14,801 | 4,131 | 80.70% | |||
| Watson Bangau Johnathan Renang (IND) | 569 | 3.89% | ||||||||||
| Wong Sing Wei (STAR) | 100 | 0.68% | ||||||||||
| Yeu Bang Keng (IND) | 63 | 0.43% | ||||||||||
Honours
Sarawak :
