Steve Chia
| Steve Chia Kiah Hong | |
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| 谢镜丰 | |
Steve Chia at a Singapore Democratic Alliance election rally on 2 May 2006
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| Member of Parliament for Non-Constituency |
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In office 3 November 2001 – 6 May 2006 |
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| Preceded by | J.B. Jeyaretnam (WP) |
| Succeeded by | Sylvia Lim (WP) |
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| Born |
3 November 1970 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party |
National Solidarity Party. (1997-2001),(2006-2015) Singapore Democratic Alliance(2001-2006) |
National Solidarity Party. (1997-2001),(2006-2015)
Steve Chia Kiah Hong (simplified Chinese: 谢镜丰; traditional Chinese: 謝鏡豐; pinyin: Xiè Jìng Fēng; born 3 November 1970) is a politician from Singapore. He is the former Secretary-General of the opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP). He served as a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) from 2001 to 2006, during which time the NSP was part of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA).
In 1985, at the age of 15, Chia was sentenced to two years' probation by a juvenile court following an incident where he and group of other boys broke into a school and committed vandalism. In his book Called to Serve, Chia notes that the incident left him determined to turn his life around. He went on to graduate from Nanyang Junior College in 1988.
During his national service, Chia became an officer in the Singapore Armed Forces despite the discovery of an inborn heart defect late in his officer cadet training which resulted in him being put on light duties for the final two months of the course. His commanders were nevertheless impressed by his performance and wrote in to appeal for him to be commissioned as an officer. The appeal was approved, and he became the only person to have graduated from the Officer Cadet Course without taking the senior term Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) and Standard Obstacle Course.
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