Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency

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Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency.

Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 豐加集選區;Simplified Chinese: 丰加集选区) was a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The constituency covered the areas of Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang, Upper Bukit Timah, Jurong West and Lim Chu Kang. Hong Kah GRC was formed in 1988 and dissolved in 2011 and had always been held by the People's Action Party.

It was divided into five sub-areas namely, Bukit Gombak, Hong Kah, Keat Hong, Nanyang and Yew Tee. In 2001, Bukit Gombak SMC was absorbed into the GRC with the town council being Hong Kah Town Council.

It was a huge constituency in terms of land area and covered the entire north-western region of Singapore and its territorial waters in the Straits of Johor.

Hong Kah GRC was led by former Cabinet Minister Yeo Cheow Tong.

It was then the only GRC that did not have a Cabinet Minister among its MPs when Yeo had stepped down as a minister right after 2006 general election. (See Yeo Cheow Tong for more information.)

Dissolution

In the Singapore general election, 2011, Hong Kah GRC was dissolved. Hong Kah North of the constituency was carved out as a new Single-Member-Constituency while Bukit Gombak, Keat Hong, Nanyang and Yew Tee wards merged with then-Chua Chu Kang SMC to form the new Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election Hong Kah Hong Kah North Hong Kah South Hong Kah West Hong Kah East Yew Tee Nanyang Keat Hong Bukit Gombak
1984 SMC Carved from Bukit Batok SMC and Hong Kah Carved from Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah Carved from Bukit Batok SMC
Formation
1988 A Nasser Kamaruddin
as Hong Kah Central
Yeo Cheow Tong John Chen Carved from Hong Kah South and Hong Kah Central SMC
1991 Yeo Cheow Tong Harun Abdul Ghani Kenneth Chen Koon Lap John Chen Carved from Hong Kah and Hong Kah South Carved from Chua Chu Kang SMC Carved from Hong Kah West, Chua Chu Kang SMC and Hong Kah North
1997 Dissolved into Hong Kah East and Hong Kah West John Chen Dissolved into Hong Kah East ward and Boon Lay SMC Harun Abdul Ghani Kenneth Chen Koon Lap Yeo Cheow Tong Peter Chen Carved from Chua Chu Kang SMC
2001 Amy Khor Lean Suan Jurong GRC As Jurong central John Chen Ahmad Khalis Ang Mong Seng
2006 Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai Zaqy Mohamad
Dissolution
2011 SMC Chua Chu Kang GRC was formed together with Chua Chu Kang SMC

Candidates and results

Election Seats Voters Party Candidate(s) Votes Votes %
Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency
Singapore general election, 1988 3 67,431 PAP A Nasser Kamaruddin
John Chen
Yeo Cheow Tong
Walkover Walkover
Singapore general election, 1991 4 64,712 PAP Harun Abdul Ghani
John Chen
Kenneth Chen Koon Lap
Yeo Chow Tong
Walkover Walkover
Singapore general election, 1997 5 125,452 PAP Harun Abdul Ghani
John Chen
Kenneth Chen
Peter Chen
Yeo Cheow Tong
82,182 69.00
NSP Patrick Kee
Steve Chia
Tan Chee Kien
Wong Wee Nam
Yadzeth Bin Hairis
36,920 31.00
Singapore general election, 2001 5 129,073 PAP Ahmad Khalis
Amy Khor
Ang Mong Seng
John Chen
Yeo Cheow Tong
96,450 79.74
SDP Cheo Chai Chen
Bryan Lim Boon Heng
Lim Tung Hee
Sarry Bin Hassan
Wong Hong Toy
24,513 20.26
Singapore general election, 2006 5 144,677 PAP Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai
Amy Khor
Ang Mong Seng
Yeo Cheow Tong
Zaqy B Mohamad
Walkover Walkover

See also

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