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Edward Chia
Singaporean politician (born 1984) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edward Chia Bing Hui[a] (born 17 February 1984)[1] is a Singaporean politician and businessman. He has been a Member of Parliament for the People's Action Party, representing the Zhenghua division of Holland–Bukit Timah GRC, since 2020.
Chia co-founded the Timbre Group, but stepped down as a director and ceased being a shareholder in June 2021. Since then, Chia has been serving as the Managing Director of PlaceM and a Director at Feed the World.
Chia has been known to support and develop Singaporean musicians and culinary talents since 2005.[2]
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Education
Chia attended National Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political science.[3]
Business career
While studying at National Junior College, Chia founded Arts For Us All (AFUA), a defunct non-profit organization that engaged youths in arts-based community work and events.[4][3]
Chia co-founded Timbre with Danny Loong in 2005, shortly before starting his undergraduate studies at the National University of Singapore.[5][6] While studying in NUS, Chia was actively managing the business.[4]
Chia serves as a council member of the Ngee Ann Polytechnic,[7] National Youth Achievement Award Council,[3] a board member of SMU Enterprise and NP Enterprise Pte Ltd[8] and the co-chair of the National Environment Agency (NEA) work group, which focuses on sustaining the hawker trade.[citation needed]
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Political career
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Chia was fielded in the 2020 general election to contest in the Holland–Bukit Timah GRC on the People's Action Party's ticket against the Singapore Democratic Party.[9] Chia's running mates were Vivian Balakrishnan, Sim Ann, and Christopher de Souza.[9] On 11 July 2020, Chia and the PAP team were declared elected Members of Parliament representing Holland–Bukit Timah GRC in the 14th Parliament after garnering 66.36% of the valid votes.[10]
Chia was then appointed as the Deputy Chairperson of Manpower Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) in the 14th Parliament.[11] He also sat on the Finance and Trade and Industry GPC.[12][13]
Since his appointment as a Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Chia has spoken in Parliament on the need for businesses to find ways to be sustainable and expand to provide more jobs for Singaporeans.[citation needed] As well as on the importance of helping companies upskill their employers and helping businesses grow their business.[14]
In the Zhenghua ward, Chia worked with Vivian Balakrishnan and Liang Eng Hwa to launch a Bukit Panjang Town Jobs and Skills Support Taskforce which helped jobseekers secure employment.[15] He also reached out to Food Bank Singapore to install vending machines to ease food insecurity for households and seniors who live in rental blocks or one- to two-room studio apartments.[16] Chia is part of the Government Parliamentary Committee under Finance, and Trade and Industry and Transport where he serves as deputy chairman since 2025.
Controversies
In April 2025, Chia was criticized for a fun fact he included in a campaign booklet.
The booklet described Chia, as someone who used to breed and sell hamsters. Chia sold the hamsters to pet shops at S$3 each. This transformed into a "lifelong passion for creating value", and was the start of his entrepreneurial career. In response, HSS criticised his framing of his childhood venture. The organization also pointed out in an Instagram post that the unlicensed breeding and selling of pets is illegal in Singapore.[17]
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Personal life
Chia is the eldest of three children born to a businessman and a home-maker.[6] He is married, and has a son.[18][3]
Awards
2010: Chia, together with Timbre's other co-founder Danny Loong, was conferred the Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year award under the Singapore Tourism Board’s Singapore Experience Awards.[19]
2014:
- Singapore Youth Award[20]
- Junior Chamber International (JCI) Singapore, Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World - Business, Economic and/or Entrepreneurial Accomplishment[21]
2016: ASEAN Youth Award[22]
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