Chia Shi-Lu

Singaporean politician

谢世儒Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Queenstown)In office
27 April 2011 – 23 June 2020Preceded byBaey Yam Keng (PAP)Succeeded byEric Chua Swee Leong (PAP) Personal detailsBorn (1971-10-13) 13 October 1971 (age 52)
SingaporePolitical partyPeople's Action PartyAlma materAnglo-Chinese School (Independent)
National Junior College
National University of Singapore
Imperial College London
University of London

Chia Shi-Lu (Chinese: 谢世儒; pinyin: Xiè Shìrú; born 13 October 1971^[1]) is a Singaporean medical practitioner and former politician.^[2]^[3]^[4] A member of the country's governing People's Action Party, he served as Member of Parliament of Tanjong Pagar GRC for Queenstown from 7 May 2011 to 23 June 2020.^[5]^[6]

Early life

Chia was born on 13 October 1971 to a middle-class family and is the older of two brothers.^[7] He studied in Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and National Junior College. In 1990, Chia received the President's Scholarship to study medicine at the National University of Singapore; he graduated in 1995.^[8]

Career

After graduating, Chia worked overseas in Switzerland, Japan, London and Boston.^[4] He joined the Singapore General Hospital in 2001 and received his qualifications in surgery and orthopedics in 2000 and 2003 respectively.^[4] He is also an associate professor at Duke-NUS.^[9]

Political career

Chia joined the People's Action Party in 2009.^[8] In the 2011 Singaporean general election, Chia was fielded as a replacement candidate for Baey Yam Keng in the PAP team contesting Tanjong Pagar GRC; Baey had to replace Steve Tan who dropped out of the election due to personal reasons.^[3] The team won by walkover.^[5] In the 2015 election, the team successfully defended their constituency against Singaporeans First.^[6]

In 2014, Chia succeeded Lam Pin Min as Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health.^[10]

On 12 April 2020, Chia made a Facebook post detailing his trip to Alexandra Village Hawker Centre to distribute masks amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. He was criticised for apparently violating the circuit breaker (stay-at-home order) to campaign.^[11] Chia defended himself, stating that he was there to educate the public to wear masks.^[12] The PAP announced that it was suspending all ground engagement activities the next day.^[13]

Chia did not contest in the 2020 general election, and hence stepped down as MP.^[2]

References

^ "Chia Shi-Lu | Parliament Of Singapore". 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "GE2020: PAP announces Tanjong Pagar, Radin Mas line-up; no Chia Shi-Lu, Sam Tan". Channel News Asia. 29 June 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Chia Shi-Lu: I haven't just appeared". AsiaOne. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Assoc Prof Chia Shi Lu".
^ ^a ^b "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "ELD | 2015 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Here Comes Dr. Chia" (PDF). Queenstown. No. 2. Queenstown Citizens' Consultative Committee. pp. 14–16.
^ ^a ^b "谢世儒医生"意外"当选丹戎巴葛集选区议员". 聯合早報. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
^ "Chia Shi-Lu". www.duke-nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ 孙伟伦 (1 May 2014). "行动党政府国会委员会新正副主席名单公布". 聯合早報. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
^ Fan, Jason (13 April 2020). "Circuit Breaker: MP Chia Shi-Lu draws flak for distributing masks in hawker centre". mothership.sg. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ Cheong, Danson (14 April 2020). "MP Chia Shi-Lu responds to criticism of Sunday walkabout". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ Cheong, Danson (13 April 2020). "PAP suspends all ground engagements and outreach amid Covid-19 pandemic". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by Baey Yam Keng	Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Queenstown) 2011 – 2020	Succeeded by Eric Chua

Member of multiple Parliaments of Singapore

Members of the 13th Parliament of Singapore (2015–2020)

Speaker: ~~Halimah Yacob~~→Tan, C J

Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)
Aljunied^WP	Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Singh
Ang Mo Kio^PAP	Ang, H K David Gan, T P Intan Koh, P K Lee, H L
Bishan–Toa Payoh^PAP	Chee, H T Chong, K H Ng, E H Saktiandi Teo, L M
Chua Chu Kang^PAP	Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yee, C H Zaqy
East Coast^PAP	Lee, Y S Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N
Holland–Bukit Timah^PAP	de Souza Liang, E H Sim, A Vivian
Jalan Besar^PAP	Heng, C H Neo, L Phua, L P Yaacob
Jurong^PAP	Ang, W N Lee, T S Rahayu Tharman Tan, W M
Marine Parade^PAP	Fatimah Goh, C T Seah, K P Tan, C J Tong, C F
Marsiling–Yew Tee^PAP	Ong, T K Wong, S T Yam, Z M ~~Halimah~~
Nee Soon^PAP	Faishal Kwek, H C Lee, B W Ng, K K Shanmugam
Pasir Ris–Punggol^PAP	Ng, C M Puthucheary Sun, X L Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal
Sembawang^PAP	Amrin Khaw, B W Lim, W K Ong, Y K Nair
Tampines^PAP	Baey, Y K Cheng, L H Choo, P C Heng, S K Masagos
Tanjong Pagar^PAP	Chan, C S Chia, S L Indranee Pereira Yong, Y C
West Coast^PAP	Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Tay, T G

Single Member Constituencies (SMCs)
Bukit Batok^PAP	~~Ong, K H~~→Pillai
Bukit Panjang^PAP	Teo, H P
Fengshan^PAP	Chan, W L
Hong Kah North^PAP	Khor, L S
Hougang^WP	Png, E H
MacPherson^PAP	Tin, P L
Mountbatten^PAP	Lim, B C
Pioneer^PAP	Foo, C K
Potong Pasir^PAP	Sitoh, Y P
Punggol East^PAP	Chong, Y F
Radin Mas^PAP	Tan, C S
Sengkang West^PAP	Lam, P M
Yuhua^PAP	Fu, H Y
Non-elected members
NCMP^WP	Perera Tan, L F Goh, P S
NMPs	Azmoon Chia, Y Y Chua, K S Ganesh Kok, H L Kuik, S Y Mohan Tan, G K Thanaletchimi Arasu Foo, P Y Ho, W S Lim, S S Irshad Quay, S C Ong, L T Theseira Yip, P X

The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; WP: The Workers' Party
NMPs do not belong to any party. There were two terms of NMPs in this parliament, with nine NMPs in each term.

Other Current/Former MPs Nav Boxes: 14; 13; 12; 11; 10

Members of the 12th Parliament of Singapore (2011–2015)

Speaker: Halimah Yacob

Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)
Aljunied^WP	Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Singh
Ang Mo Kio^PAP	Ang, H K Singh Intan Lee, H L Seng, H T Yeo, G K
Bishan-Toa Payoh^PAP	Nair Ng, E H Teo, L M Wong, K S Zainudin
Chua Chu Kang^PAP	Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yam, Z M Yeo, K H Zaqy
East Coast^PAP	Lee Y S Lim S K Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N
Holland-Bukit Timah^PAP	de Souza Liang, E H Sim, Ann Vivian
Jurong^PAP	Ang, W N Halimah Lee, T S Ong, K H Tharman
Marine Parade^PAP	Fatimah Goh, C T Seah, K P Tan, C J Tin, P L
Moulmein-Kallang^PAP	Lui, T Y Phua, L P Tong, C F Yaacob
Nee Soon^PAP	Lee, B W Lim, W K Faishal Shanmugam Tay, T G
Pasir Ris-Punggol^PAP	Gan, T P Puthucheary Low, Penny Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal
Sembawang^PAP	Hawazi Khaw, B W Lee, G H Ong, T K Nair
Tampines^PAP	Baey, Y K Heng, S K Mah, B T Masagos Ng, P H
Tanjong Pagar^PAP	Chan, C S Chia, S L Indranee Neo, Lily
West Coast^PAP	Fong, Jen Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Wong, S T

Single Member Constituencies (SMCs)
Bukit Panjang^PAP	Teo, H P
Hong Kah North^PAP	Khor, L S
Hougang^WP	Png, E H
Joo Chiat^PAP	Chong, Y F
Mountbatten^PAP	Lim, B C
Pioneer^PAP	Foo, C K
Potong Pasir^PAP	Sitoh, Y P
Punggol East^WP	Lee, L L
Radin Mas^PAP	Tan, C S
Sengkang West^PAP	Lam, P M
Whampoa^PAP	Heng, C H
Yuhua^PAP	Fu, H Y
Non-elected members
NCMP	Giam, Y S Loh, W L Yee, J J
NMPs	Dhinakaran Faizah Fang, K W Koh, Y M Lien, T C Liew, K E Tan, K B Tan, S S Teo, S S Chia, Y Y Chua, K S Karthikeyan Kuik, S Y Ismail Soh, S L Tan, C L Tan, G K Tan, T Y

The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; SPP: Singapore People's Party; WP: The Workers' Party
For NCMPs, Gerald Giam and Yee Jenn Jong are from the WP, while Lina Loh is from the SPP. NMPs do not belong to any party. There were two terms of NMPs in this parliament, with nine NMPs in each term.