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 | Carved from Yuhua SMC | Carved from Bukit Batok SMC | |||||
| Formation | |||||||||
| 1988 | A Nasser Kamaruddin as Hong Kah Central |
Yeo Cheow Tong | John Chen | Carved from Hong Kah South | 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 | ||
| 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 | |||||||
Areas in the past
- 1988: Hong Kah North consisting of Bukit Gombak and Tengah (previous Hong Kah Village), Hong Kah consisting of parts of Hong Kah Village, Jurong East (Neighbourhood 3), Hong Kah South consisting of Jurong West (Neighbourhood 4 & 5)
- 1991: Hong Kah North consisting of Bukit Gombak and Tengah (previous Hong Kah Village), Hong Kah consisting of parts of Hong Kah Village, Jurong East (Neighbourhood 3), Hong Kah South consisting of Jurong West (Neighbourhood 4 & 5) and Hong Kah West (Neighbourhood 7 & 8)
- 1997: Hong Kah East consisting of Jurong East (Neighbourhood 3); Jurong West (Neighbourhood 4), Hong Kah North consisting of Bukit Gombak and Tengah, Hong Kah West consisting of Jurong West (Neighbourhood 7 & 8), Nanyang (Jurong West Neighbourhood 9) and Yew Tee (Choa Chu Kang N5-N7, Lim Chu Kang)
- 2001 & 2006: Hong Kah North consisting of Bukit Gombak and Tengah, Bukit Gombak consisting of Bukit Gombak and Hillview, Nanyang (Jurong West Neighbourhood 9), Yew Tee (Choa Chu Kang N5-N7, Lim Chu Kang), and Keat Hong (Choa Chu Kang Neighbourhood 3 & 4)
Candidates and results
| Election | Seats | Voters | Party | Candidate(s) | Votes | Votes % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | |||||||
| 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 | |
