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.

Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency.

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.

History

In 1988, Hong Kah GRC was formed. Hong Kah North compromising of Bukit Gombak and Tengah (previous Hong Kah Village), Hong Kah Central consisting of parts of Hong Kah Village and Jurong East (Neighbourhood 3) and Hong Kah South consisting of Jurong West (Neighbourhood 4 & 5).

In 1991, Hong Kah GRC was reorganized. Hong Kah South consisting of the Jurong West Neighbourhood 4 and 5, Hong Kah East consisting of the Jurong East Neighbourhood 3 and Hong Kah Village, Hong Kah North compromising of Bukit Gombak and Tengah, while Hong Kah West consists of Jurong West Neighbourhood 7 and 8.

In 1997, Hong Kah GRC was later reorganised. Nanyang (Jurong West Neighbourhood 9) was given from Hong Kah West and Jurong SMC and Yew Tee (Choa Chu Kang N5-N7, Lim Chu Kang) was carved from Chua Chu Kang SMC.

In 2001, Hong Kah East division was renamed to Jurong Central under Jurong GRC. In return, Hong Kah West division was merged with Hong Kah North, and Keat Hong was carved from Hong Kah North, Yew Tee and Chua Chu Kang.

In 2006, Yeo Cheow Tong was supposed to retire from politics. He was saved until 2011, and Amy Khor took over the anchor minister from 2006 to 2011.

In the 2011 Singapore general election, Hong Kah GRC was dissolved. It was split into 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 and Gan Kim Yong took over the ministerial position.

Members of Parliament

Election	Hong Kah Central	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	John Chen	Yeo Cheow Tong	Carved from Hong Kah South and Hong Kah Central					SMC
1991	Dissolved into Hong Kah East and Hong Kah West		Yeo Cheow Tong	Harun Abdul Ghani	Kenneth Chen Koon Lap	Carved from Chua Chu Kang SMC	Carved from Hong Kah West and Jurong SMC
1997			Dissolved into Hong Kah East ward and Boon Lay SMC	Harun Abdul Ghani	Kenneth Chen Koon Lap	Yeo Cheow Tong	Peter Chen	Carved from Yew Tee and Chua Chu Kang SMC
2001		Amy Khor Lean Suan			Jurong GRC As Jurong Central		John Chen	Ahmad Khalis	Ang Mong Seng
2006		Amy Khor Lean Suan			Jurong GRC As Jurong Central		Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai	Zaqy Mohamad	Ang Mong Seng
Dissolution
2011		SMC				Together with Chua Chu Kang SMC, new Chua Chu Kang GRC was formed.

Candidates and results

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2006: Hong Kah GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai Amy Khor Ang Mong Seng Yeo Cheow Tong Zaqy Mohamad	Walkover
Turnout			144,677
	PAP hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Hong Kah GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Ahmad Khalis Amy Khor Ang Mong Seng John Chen Yeo Cheow Tong	96,450	79.74	+10.74
	SDP	Cheo Chai Chen Bryan Lim Boon Heng Lim Tung Hee Sarry Bin Hassan Wong Hong Toy	24,513	20.26	N/A
Turnout			123,749	95.9	-1.0
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Hong Kah GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAP	Harun Abdul Ghani John Chen Kenneth Chen Peter Chen Yeo Cheow Tong	82,182	69.0	N/A
	NSP	Patrick Kee Steve Chia Tan Chee Kien Wong Wee Nam Yadzeth Bin Hairis	36,920	31.0	N/A
Turnout			121,533	96.9
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1991: Hong Kah GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	Yeo Cheow Tong John Chen Harun Abdul Ghani Kenneth Chen	Walkover
Turnout			64,712
	PAP hold		Swing

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1988: Hong Kah GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes
	PAP	A Nasser Kamaruddin Yeo Cheow Tong John Chen	Walkover
Turnout			67,431
	PAP win (new seat)

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