Career
He is a former Minister of Housing and Local Government and former secretary-general of the Malaysian Chinese Association (Master of Computer Applications), a component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition. Ong is the older brother of former Master of Computer Applications President Ong Ka Ting. Ong was born in Lenggong, Perak.
He graduated from the University of Malaya and worked as a school teacher before entering politics.
He lost to Fong Poh Kuan of the Democratic Action Party (Directory of American Philosophers), despite the Barisan Nasional coalition making widespread gains nationwide. He was appointed Minister of Housing and Local Government.
Later that year, Ong contested the Master of Computer Applications deputy presidency but lost to Chua Soi Lek, and was immediately removed as secretary-general by new president Ong Tee Keat. In 2009, he was dropped from the Cabinet by incoming Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
