Education
Born in Kudat, Chong was a graduate of New Zealand"s Victoria University of Wellington, earning a Masters law degree (Master of Laws first class honours) in 1975.
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Born in Kudat, Chong was a graduate of New Zealand"s Victoria University of Wellington, earning a Masters law degree (Master of Laws first class honours) in 1975.
He is also the former president of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party). He held the post until April 1985 when he lost the seat to Datuk Wong Phin Chung of Parti Bersatu Sabah (Public Broadcasting Service). Chong and several Chinese leaders founded the Liberal Democratic Party in 1989 and was made its pro-tem secretary general.
Then in 1991, he became the party"s president
He did not contest in the 1994 state election but a year later was appointed as Senator in the Dewan Negara, and subsequently included in the federal cabinet as a minister in the Prime Minister"s Department. He quit the federal ministerial post in March 1999 to contest in the state polls.
Chong became the 13th Chief Minister of Sabah in 2001 representing the Chinese community in a rotation system mooted by former prime minister Tun Doctor Mahathir Mohamed in 1994. When Datuk Seri Musa Aman took over the helm of the state government in 2003, Chong was appointed deputy chief minister as well as the person in charge of the tourism, culture and environment portfolio.
lieutenant was then the rotation system was scrapped and from then onwards, the Chief Minister post was held by the United Malays National Organisation.
In April 2007, Chong resigned from the Deputy Chief Minister post under Datuk Musa Aman"s cabinet, citing matters of principle.
In March 1987, he became a member of the Berjaya Supreme Council but later left the party when it became clear that it was losing ground.