of dr ong chit chung dies peacefully at home

Dr Ong Chit Chung dies peacefully at home

Dr Ong Chit Chung, a Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC, passed away on Monday morning. He was 59 years old.

His family told Channel NewsAsia that Dr Ong was at home when he died peacefully.

A five-term MP, Dr Ong was a lecturer in military history at the National University of Singapore when he went into politics in 1988.

He won the single-seat ward of Bukit Batok for two terms before the constituency became part of the Bukit Timah GRC in 1996, and then Jurong GRC in 2001.

In 1991, Dr Ong was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs and Labour.

He later left the world of academia and joined the private sector. At the time of his death, he was President of Davos Life Sciences Pte Ltd.