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{{Short description|Singaporean politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ong Chit Chung
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|翁执中}}}}
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| image = Ong Chit Chung.jpg
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| constituency_MP = [[Jurong Group Representation Constituency|Jurong GRC]] <br /> ([[Bukit Batok]])
| parliament = Singapore 
| term_start = 25 October 2001
| term_end = 14 July 2008
| predecessor = ''Position established''
| successor = [[David Ong]]
| constituency_MP1 = [[Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency|Bukit Timah GRC]] <br /> ([[Bukit Batok]])
| parliament1 = Singapore 
| term_start1 = 2 January 1997
| term_end1 = 18 October 2001
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
| successor1 = ''Position abolished''
| constituency_MP2 = [[Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency|Bukit Batok]]
| parliament2 = Singapore
| term_start2 = 3 September 1988
| term_end2 = 16 December 1996
| predecessor2 = [[Chai Chong Yii]]
| successor2 = ''Position abolished''
| birth_date = 28 January 1949
| birth_place = [[Muar (town)|Muar]], [[Johore]], [[Federation of Malaya]] (now [[Malaysia]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|07|14|1949|01|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Singapore]]
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| nationality = [[Singapore]]an
| party = [[People's Action Party]]
| spouse = Elizabeth Ong
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| children = 2
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| alma_mater = [[Victoria School]]
| occupation = [[Military historian]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Blame him|url=http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/war/headline/church.html|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|access-date=10 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205032121/http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/war/headline/church.html|archive-date=5 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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{{Family name hatnote|[[Weng (surname)|Ong]] ({{zh|s=翁|p=Wēng}})|lang=Chinese}}

'''Ong Chit Chung''' ({{zh|t=翁執中|s=翁执中|p=Wēng Zhízhōng}}; 28 January 1949 – 14 July 2008) was a [[Singapore]]an politician who served as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency]] (GRC) from May 1997 to October 2001 and [[Group Representation Constituency|Jurong GRC]] from March 2002 till his death in July 2008. He was also a [[military historian]] at the [[National University of Singapore]].

==Career==
Entering politics in 1988, Ong served the [[Bukit Batok]] Constituency<ref>{{cite journal|title=I remember Dr Ong Chit Chung|journal=Beyond Sg|url=http://beyondsg.typepad.com/beyondsg/2008/07/i-remember-dr-o.html|access-date=10 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110092459/http://beyondsg.typepad.com/beyondsg/2008/07/i-remember-dr-o.html|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> for two terms, before the constituency became part of the [[Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency]] in 1996, and the constituency becoming a part of the [[Jurong Group Representation Constituency]] in 2001. In 1991, Ong was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)|Labour]]. During his twenty years in politics, Ong also served as the Chairman for the Government Parliamentary Committees for Education, Defence and Foreign Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Member's Profile|url=http://www.parliament.gov.sg/mp/ong-chit-chung-dr|publisher=GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE|access-date=10 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110122828/http://www.parliament.gov.sg/mp/ong-chit-chung-dr|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{citation|author=Lee Foong Ming|author2=Lynda Hong|title=Dr Ong Chit Chung dies peacefully at home|publisher=[[Channel NewsAsia]]|date=14 July 2008|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/360201/1/.html|access-date=16 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122062703/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/360201/1/.html|archive-date=22 November 2008|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Ong was also as a historian<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ong|first1=Chit Chung|title=Buck stopped at Churchill's desk|url=http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/war/headline/letter2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206070348/http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/war/headline/letter2.html|archive-date=6 December 2015|access-date=10 January 2015|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|df=dmy-all}}</ref> with several publications about [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chung|first1=Ong Chit|title=The landward defence of Singapore, 1919-1938|date=1988|publisher=Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore|isbn=9789971641726|location=Singapore}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Chung|first1=Ong Chit|title=Operation Matador : World War II : Britain's attempt to foil the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore|date=2011|publisher=Marshall Cavendish Editions|isbn=9789814328470|location=Singapore}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Chung|first1=Ong Chit|title=Operation Matador : Britain's war plans against the Japanese 1918 - 1941|date=1997|publisher=Times Academic Press|isbn=9789812100955|location=Singapore}}</ref>

Ong's seat in Bukit Timah GRC was left vacant after his death, with the remaining MPs of Jurong GRC taking care of his ward.<ref>{{Cite web|last=hermes|date=2017-08-08|title=Marsiling to get new grassroots adviser|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/marsiling-to-get-new-grassroots-adviser|access-date=2021-06-08|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}</ref>

==Death==
Ong died from heart cancer at home on 14 July 2008, leaving behind a wife and two sons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jurong GRC MP Ong Chit Chung dies|url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20080714-76533.html|access-date=10 January 2015|agency=The Straits Times|date=14 Jul 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110094454/http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20080714-76533.html|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Legacy==
On 2 August 2008, Ong's alma mater, [[Victoria School]], named a student leadership award after Ong. Called the Dr. Ong Chit Chung Leadership Award, it is awarded to high-performing students in the school. Ong's old Chief Librarian badge that was used when he was still in [[Victoria School]], was presented by Ong's widow to the principal Low Eng Teong, and was later added to the collection in the school's heritage centre.<ref>{{citation|author=Dhany Osman|title=Award named after Ong Chit Chung|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|date=3 August 2008}}</ref>

The Ong Chit Chung Memorial Scholarship in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore is also named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ong Chit Chung Memorial Scholarship|url=http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/hist/Undergraduate/OngChitChungScholarship.html}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of members of the Singapore Parliament who died in office]]

==References==
{{Reflist|}}

==Further reading==
*{{citation|author=Lee Hsien Loong|author-link=Lee Hsien Loong|title=P.M. Lee Hsien Loong's Condolence Letter on the Demise of Dr. Ong Chit Chung|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/20080715993.pdf|publisher=[[National Archives of Singapore]]|date=15 July 2008}}.

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