Steve Chia Kiah Hong is a Singaporean politician. A member of the opposition Singapore People's Party (SPP), he has been the party's secretary-general since 2019. He was previously a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament between 2001 and 2006 of the 10th Parliament of Singapore.
Chia at a Singapore Democratic Alliance election rally on 2 May 2006
Non-constituency Member of Parliament
A Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) is a member of an opposition political party in Singapore who, according to the Constitution and Parliamentary Elections Act, is declared to have been elected a Member of Parliament (MP) without constituency representation, despite having lost in a general election, by virtue of having been one of the best-performing losers. When less than 12 opposition MPs have been elected, the number of NCMPs is the difference to total 12. NCMPs enjoy all of the privileges of ordinary members of Parliament, apart from the salary, which is substantially lower.
Image: Leong Mun Wai August 2020 (cropped)
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Workers' Party Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang at a rally at Serangoon Stadium during the 2011 general election. Low said he would not accept an NCMP seat if offered one. The situation did not arise as Low was re-elected to Aljunied GRC.
The late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, former MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC and Senior Advisor to the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, defended the NCMP scheme as important for Singapore's development
