Steve Chia

Steve Chia Kiah Hong
谢镜丰
Chia at a Singapore Democratic Alliance election rally on 2 May 2006
3rd Secretary-General of the Singapore People's Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 November 2019[1]
ChairmanJose Raymond
(2019–2020)
Acting ChairmanWilliiamson Lee
Preceded byChiam See Tong
Non-constituency Member of the 10th Parliament of Singapore
In office
5 November 2001 – 18 April 2006
Preceded byJ. B. Jeyaretnam (WP)
Succeeded bySylvia Lim (WP)
1st Secretary-General of the
National Solidarity Party
In office
2001–2005
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGoh Meng Seng
Personal details
Born (1970-11-03) November 3, 1970 (age 54)
Singapore
Political partyNSP (1995–2017)
SPP (2017–present)
Spouse
Doreen Chee
​
​
(m. 1996; div. 2017)​
[2]
Children2 sons, 1 daughter[2]
EducationBachelor of Arts
Alma materNational University of Singapore
OccupationPolitician
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chia.

Steve Chia Kiah Hong (Chinese: 谢镜丰; pinyin: Xiè Jìngfēng; born 3 November 1970)[3][a] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the opposition Singapore People's Party (SPP), he has been the party's secretary-general since 2019. He was previously a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament between 2001 and 2006 of the 10th Parliament of Singapore.[1]

Chia started his political career when he joined the opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP) in 1995 and served as the party's secretary-general from 2001 to 2005. During this time, he contested in four general elections, as a NSP candidate in 1997 and 2011, and under the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) banner in 2001 and 2006 when the NSP was part of the SDA. However, he lost in all four elections to candidates from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).[4][5][6][7][8]

Chia withdrew from contesting in MacPherson SMC during the 2015 general election after he received online criticism for pushing the NSP to contest in a three-cornered fight in MacPherson against the PAP and the opposition Workers' Party.[9] He left the NSP and joined the SPP in 2018 and became the party's secretary-general in the following year. During the 2020 general election, he contested as part of a five-member SPP team in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC, but they lost to the PAP team.[10]

  1. ^ a b "SPP elects Steve Chia, Jose Raymond to top posts". CNA. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Former NCMP Steve Chia announces divorce with wife was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Cinderella Steve Chia". Today. 4 November 2001. p. 1. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. ^ "1997 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ^ "2001 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ^ "2006 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ^ "2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  8. ^ Kwek, Ken (20 January 2007). "NSP quits: Chiam takes it in stride". The Straits Times. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference NSP's Steve Chia withdraws from MacPherson SMC contest, citing online abuse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "2020 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Elections Department Singapore. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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