Edward Chia Bing Hui

Edward Chia Bing Hui 谢秉辉
Party Affiliation	PAP
Current Role	• MP for Holland-Bukit Timah •
Past Roles	• Pending •
Others	• Pending • Pending
Background
Education	• Pending • • •
Personal Details
Age	41
Others	Pending

Edward Chia Bing Hui (谢秉辉), born on 17 February 1984, is a Singaporean politician from the People's Action Party (PAP). He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since the 2020 General Elections. Chia is a businessman who co-founded the Timbre Group, a food and beverage company, in 2005.

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Early Life and Education

Chia is the eldest of three. His father was a businessman, and his mother was a homemaker. He grew up in Singapore, where he received his education from Maris Stella High School and later National Junior College. He later studied at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and obtained a double degree in Economics and Political Science in 2009.

Political career

Chia became a candidate of the PAP representing the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC in the 2020 general election. He won the poll by securing 66.36% of the vote.Chia was then elected as the Deputy Chairperson of the Manpower Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) in the 14th Parliament. In addition to that, he served on the Finance and Trade and Industry GPC.

Awards

Chia has been awarded several times due to his contributions to youth causes. He received the Singapore Youth Award and the ASEAN Youth Award in 2014 and 2016, respectively.

Previously, in 2010, he and Timbre's other co-founder, Danny Loong, were awarded the Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year award under the Singapore Tourism Board's Singapore Experience Awards.

He is also a Ngee Ann Polytechnic and National Youth Achievement Award Council member.

Personal life

Chia is married and a father of one son.

Controversies

• Edward Chia is the managing director for F&B company Timbre Group
• drawn much criticism online after his company put up a job ad that offered starting pay of S$2,000 with insurance benefits
• However, during the Progressive Wage Model-minimum wage debate in Parliament last Thursday (Oct 15 2020) with Pritam Singh, he expressed clearly that he was against a minimum wage of S$1,300.

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