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Chong Kee Hiong (Chinese: 钟奇雄; pinyin: Zhōng Qíxiǒng; Jyutping: Zung1 Kei4 Hung4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Cheng Kî-hiông; born 1966) is a Singaporean politician and accountant who has been serving as Treasurer of the PAP Community Foundation since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bishan East division of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC since 2015.




Education


Chong was educated at Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College before he received a scholarship from KPMG to study at the National University of Singapore, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy. He also completed an Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in 2008. He is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.




Career


Chong is the chief executive officer of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust. He was the chairman of NTUC Foodfare. Before joining Suntec, Chong was the Chief Executive Officer of OUE Hospitality REIT Management Pte Ltd. Prior to this, Chong was the chief executive officer of The Ascott. Earlier in his career, he was the chief financial officer of Raffles Holdings. Chong started his career in audit as a graduate assistant at KPMG in 1990.




= Political career

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On 12 August 2015, the People's Action Party (PAP) announced Chong as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC in the 2015 general election after Wong Kan Seng, Hri Kumar and
Zainudin Nordin stepped down from their respective wards and politics. Chong was elected into Parliament when the PAP team won 73.59% of the electorate's valid votes. Chong was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC for a second term but as a four-member team in the 2020 general election after the PAP team garnered 67.26% of the valid votes. He was then appointed deputy chairman of the National Development Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) in the 14th Parliament.
Chong was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council (BTPTC) since 2015.




Personal life


Chong grew up in a two-room Singapore Improvement Trust flat. He currently lives in a semi-detached house in Bishan East. Chong is the youngest of 11 siblings. He is married to Monica, whom he met at KPMG, and they have four sons.




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External links


Chong Kee Hiong on Parliament of Singapore

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• Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor
• Chong Kee Hiong
• Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency
• Bishan, Singapore
• Hwa Chong Institution
• People's Action Party
• Josephine Teo
• 14th Parliament of Singapore
• List of Chinese diaspora people
• Steve Chia
• Nanyang Technological University