Background
Ong was born on 15 November 1956 in Perak.
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Ong was born on 15 November 1956 in Perak.
He graduated from University of Malaya, majoring in Mathematics and Science in 1980.
He was appointed Malaysian Prime Minister"s Special Envoy to China in 2011. The couple have two children – Chloe Ong Li En and Ong Xing Yang. After winning the general elections in 1990, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health from 26 October 1990 until 24 February 1991.
Ong was next appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs from 25 February 1991 through April 1995, before being promoted to be the Deputy Minister of the same Ministry on 3 May 1993.
In 1999, he was promoted to become a full-fledged minister leading the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, a position he held until 2008. In 2004, he retained his parliamentary seat of Tanjung Piai with a 23,615 votes majority over the opposition candidate.
In January 2008, he was appointed as Acting Health Minister following the resignation of Datuk Seri Doctor Chua Soi Lek who was involved in a sex scandal. In the 2008 general election, Ong succeeded in his bid for the Kulai Parliamentary seat.
However, the election was marked by heavy losses for the ruling coalition, especially among candidates from the Master of Computer Applications and the Malaysian Indian Congress (Ministry of Information and Communication).
On 17 March 2010, Ong Ka Ting announced his intention to contest for the party"s presidency in the 28 March party elections after leaving the post for one and a half years. He was defeated by Chua Soi Lek. He retired from Parliament at the 2013 election, having decided not to recontest his seat.
From 1986 until 1990, Ong was the political secretary to the then Minister of Transport. In 2008, he had left the presidency of Malaysia Chinese Association (Master of Computer Applications) and had given the highest post of president to Ong Tee Keat on 18 October 2008 after the successful party election.