Chia Shi-Lu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chia.
Chia Shi-Lu
谢世儒
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Queenstown)
In office
27 April 2011 – 23 June 2020
Preceded byBaey Yam Keng (PAP)
Succeeded byEric Chua Swee Leong (PAP)
Personal details
Born (1971-10-13) 13 October 1971 (age 53)
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma 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 for 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

  1. ^ "Chia Shi-Lu | Parliament Of Singapore". 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Chia Shi-Lu: I haven't just appeared". AsiaOne. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Assoc Prof Chia Shi Lu".
  5. ^ a b "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b "ELD | 2015 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Here Comes Dr. Chia" (PDF). Queenstown. No. 2. Queenstown Citizens' Consultative Committee. pp. 14–16.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Chia Shi-Lu". www.duke-nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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 Member of Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
(Queenstown)
2011 – 2020 		Succeeded by