Career
Datuk Ir. He also held the post of treasurer-general and the Elopura division chief in Public Broadcasting Service. Before entering federal parliament, he served on the municipal council of Sandakan. In the 2008 election, he retained his seat by defeating independent candidate Chung Kwong Wing with an overwhelming 3708 majority by polling 9479 votes. He was a qualified Mechanical Engineer and a Consultant Engineer by profession.
He was also the Sabah Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board chairman.
He died at the age of 54 in a road accident when his motorcycle collided with a car along the Sembulan-Tanjung Aru road in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on 9 October 2010. Chong sudden demise had triggered the Batu Sapi by-election, 2010 on 4 November 2010, the 13th by election after the Malaysian general election, 2008.
