in 1990, ho ten soeng became an alderman in alkmaar and on 1 january 2000 he became mayor of venhuizen. his congregation became involved in a merger process with the municipality of drechterland. he is very active in the field of volunteering. in this context, he also founded the chinese consultative body, he is chairman of the network chinese volunteers and is requested regularly in churches of the moravians (ebg) as active pastor. currently he is a "vng ambassador safety" for north holland.