Chong Kee Hiong


Chong Kee Hiong is a Singaporean accountant and former politician who has been serving as the treasurer of the PAP Community Foundation since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party, he was the member of Parliament, part of the PAP team, representing Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency between 2015 and 2025.

Education

Chong was educated at Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College before he received a scholarship from KPMG to study at the National University of Singapore, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy. As NUS' School of Accountancy was moved to the then Nanyang Technological Institute in 1987, Chong is also considered an alumnus of NTU Singapore. He also completed an Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in 2008. He is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Career

Chong started his career in audit as a graduate assistant at KPMG in 1990.
Chong is the chief executive officer of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust. He was the chairman of NTUC Foodfare. Before joining Suntec, Chong was the chief executive officer of OUE Hospitality REIT Management Pte Ltd. Prior to this, Chong was the chief executive officer of The Ascott. Earlier in his career, he was the chief financial officer of Raffles Holdings.

Political career

On 12 August 2015, the People's Action Party announced Chong as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC in the 2015 general election after Wong Kan Seng, Hri Kumar and
Zainudin Nordin stepped down from their respective wards and politics. Chong was elected to Parliament when the PAP team won 73.59% of the electorate's valid votes. Chong was elected as a member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC for a second term but as a four-member team in the 2020 general election after the PAP team garnered 67.26% of the valid votes. He was then appointed deputy chairman of the National Development Government Parliamentary Committee in the 14th Parliament.
Chong was appointed as the vice-chairman of Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council since 2015.
Prior to the 2025 general election, Chong announced his retirement from politics.

Personal life

Chong grew up in a two-room Singapore Improvement Trust flat. He currently lives in a semi-detached house in Bishan East. Chong is the youngest of 11 siblings. He is married to Monica, whom he met at KPMG, and they have four sons.