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SINGAPORE - With Polling Day for Singapore’s general election being on May 3, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and his elder brother are set to be tested at the ballot box on the same day – one in Singapore and the other in Australia.

It was announced on April 15 that Singaporeans would head to the polls on May 3, the same day that Australia’s national election will be held.

Mr Ong Ye Kung is expected to defend his Sembawang GRC seat, while his Australian sibling, Mr Howard Ong, is contesting as the Liberal candidate for the seat of Tangney in Perth.

Mr Howard Ong, who moved to Australia to study at Curtin University more than 28 years ago before meeting his wife and starting a local IT business, is facing Malaysian-born politician Sam Lim, the sitting Labor MP.

The Australian told The Straits Times in an earlier statement: “Our family has always had a strong commitment to serving the community, and I have carried that commitment with me. I am working hard to earn the trust of my local community here in Australia as the Liberal candidate for Tangney.”

The two brothers are not the only ones in their family who are in politics.

Their father, Mr Ong Lian Teng, was a politician with opposition Barisan Socialis and served as MP for Bukit Panjang from 1963 to 1968.

Their cousin is Mr Xie Yao Quan, who is poised to represent PAP in the newly created Jurong Central SMC.

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