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 | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2019 | |
| Chairman | Jose Raymond (2019–2020) |
| Acting Chairman | Williiamson Lee |
| Preceded by | Chiam See Tong |
| Non-constituency Member of the 10th Parliament of Singapore | |
| In office 5 November 2001 – 18 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | J. B. Jeyaretnam (WP) |
| Succeeded by | Sylvia Lim (WP) |
| 1st Secretary-General of the National Solidarity Party | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Goh Meng Seng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1970 Singapore |
| Political party | NSP (1995–2017) SPP (2017–present) |
| Spouse |
Doreen Chee
(m. 1996; div. 2017) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
| Occupation | Politician |
Steve Chia Kiah Hong (Chinese: 谢镜丰; pinyin: Xiè Jìngfēng; born 3 November 1970) 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.
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).
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. 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.