Английская Википедия:Chong Kee Hiong

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Family name hatnote Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Chong Kee Hiong (Шаблон:Lang-zh; born 1966)[1] 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[2] before he received a scholarship from KPMG[2] 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.[3]

Career

Chong is the chief executive officer of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust.[4] He was the chairman of NTUC Foodfare.[5] Before joining Suntec, Chong was the Chief Executive Officer of OUE Hospitality REIT Management Pte Ltd.[6] 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.[6] Chong started his career in audit as a graduate assistant at KPMG in 1990.[2][6]

Political career

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. [7] Chong was elected into Parliament[8] when the PAP team won 73.59% of the electorate's valid votes.[9] 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.[10]

Chong was appointed as the chairman of Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council and an advisor of the Bishan-Toa Payoh grassroots organisations.[11]

Personal life

Chong grew up in a two-room Singapore Improvement Trust flat.[5] He currently lives in a semi-detached house in Bishan East.[2][5] Chong is the youngest of 11 siblings.[5] He is married to Monica, whom he met at KPMG, and they have four sons.[2]

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