Chee Hong Tat
Chee Hong Tat (Hanzi: 徐芳达; Pinyin: Xú Fāngdá; born 1973)[1] is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance since 2024. A member of the governing Partai Tindakan Rakyat (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Toa Payoh West–Thomson division of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC since 2015.
Chee Hong Tat | |
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徐芳达 | |
 Chee pada 2023 | |
| Menteri Transportasi | |
| Mulai menjabat 18 Januari 2024 Pelaksana tugas: 12 Juli 2023 – 17 Januari 2024 | |
| Perdana Menteri | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Menteri Kedua Keuangan | |
| Mulai menjabat 18 Januari 2024 Menjabat bersama Indranee Rajah | |
| Perdana Menteri | Lee Hsien Loong Lawrence Wong |
| Menteri | Lawrence Wong |
| Menteri Negara Senior untuk Keuangan | |
| Masa jabatan 13 Juni 2022 – 17 Januari 2024 | |
| Menteri | Lawrence Wong |
| Menteri Negara Senior untuk Transportasi | |
| Masa jabatan 27 Juli 2020 – 17 Januari 2024 Menjabat bersama Amy Khor (2020–2024) | |
| Menteri | Ong Ye Kung (2020–2021) S. Iswaran (2021–2024) |
| Menteri Negara Senior Minister untuk Luar Negeri | |
| Masa jabatan 27 Juli 2020 – 14 Mei 2021 | |
| Menteri | Vivian Balakrishnan |
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| Menteri Negara Senior untuk Perdagangan dan Industri | |
| Masa jabatan 1 Mei 2018 – 26 Juli 2020 Menjabat bersama Koh Poh Koon (2017–2020) | |
| Menteri | Chan Chun Sing |
| Menteri Negara Senior untuk Pendidikan | |
| Masa jabatan 1 Mei 2018 – 26 Juli 2020 | |
| Menteri | Ong Ye Kung |
 Pendahulu Janil Puthucheary Pengganti Petahana | |
| Menteri Negara Senior untuk Komunikasi dan Informasi | |
| Masa jabatan 1 Mei 2017 – 30 April 2018 Menjabat bersama Janil Puthucheary (2017–2018) | |
| Menteri | Yaacob Ibrahim |
| Menteri Negara Senior untuk Kesehatan | |
| Masa jabatan 1 Mei 2017 – 30 April 2018 Menjabat bersama Amy Khor (2013–2020) Lam Pin Min (2017–2020) | |
| Menteri | Gan Kim Yong |
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| Menteri Negara untuk Komunikasi dan Informasi | |
| Masa jabatan 1 Oktober 2015 – 30 April 2017 Menjabat bersama Janil Puthucheary (2016–2017) | |
| Menteri | Yaacob Ibrahim |
Pendahulu Sim Ann Pengganti Petahana | |
| Menteri Negara untuk Kesehatan | |
| Masa jabatan 1 Oktober 2015 – 30 April 2017 Menjabat bersama Lam Pin Min (2014–2017) | |
| Menteri | Gan Kim Yong |
| Wakil Sekretaris Jenderal Kongres Serikat Buruh Nasional | |
| Masa jabatan 15 Mei 2021 – 12 Juni 2022 | |
| Sekretaris Jenderal | Ng Chee Meng |
| Anggota Parlemen untuk Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh West–Thomson) | |
| Mulai menjabat 10 Juli 2020 | |
Pendahulu Dirinya sendiri Pengganti Petahana | |
| Mayoritas | 32,259 (34.52%) |
| Anggota Parlemen dapil Anggota Parlemen untuk Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh West–Balestier) | |
| Masa jabatan 11 September 2015 – 23 Juni 2020 | |
| Mayoritas | 32.259 (34.52%) |
| Informasi pribadi | |
| Lahir | 1973 (umur 50–51)[1] Singapura |
| Partai politik | Partai Tindakan Rakyat |
| Alma mater | Universitas Kalifornia di Berkeley Universitas Adelaide |
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Prior entering politics, Chee worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of Transport (MOT), and the Ministry of Education (MOE), and was Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew from 2008 to 2011. He subsequently served as Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Market Authority (EMA) between 2011 and 2015.
Chee made his political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC which won 73.59% of the vote. Chee was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Toa Payoh West–Balestier division of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC. Since then, he has retained his parliamentary seat in the 2020 general election and had been appointed Minister of State and subsequently Senior Minister of State.
Education
suntingChee was educated at The Chinese High School and Raffles Junior College before graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science with highest honours degree in electrical engineering and computer science, as well as a Bachelor of Arts with highest honours degree in economics, under the Overseas Merit Scholarship awarded by the Singapore Government.[2]
He subsequently went on to complete a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Adelaide in 2006,[3] and was awarded the Newmont Australia Prize for being the Most Outstanding MBA Graduate.[4]
Public service career
suntingChee joined the Singapore Administrative Service in 1998 and worked at various Ministries, including Home Affairs, Finance, Transport and Education.[5]
Chee was also Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew from 2008 to 2011. During this time, he attracted attention after he wrote on behalf of Lee to The Straits Times forum on 7 March 2009 in response to a call by Nanyang Technological University's Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies for a return to the use of Chinese dialects. In the letter, he wrote that "it would be stupid for any Singapore agency or NTU to advocate the learning of dialects, which must be at the expense of English and Mandarin".[6] Lee later mentioned Chee's letter in his book My Lifelong Challenge: Singapore's Bilingual Journey and said that the call to return to the use of Chinese dialects was a "daft call".[7] During Lee's state funeral in 2015, Chee was one of the eight pallbearers.[8]
From 9 May 2011 to 1 April 2015, Chee served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Market Authority.[9][10] He also was Second Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 1 December 2014 to 11 August 2015.[11]
Political career
suntingChee resigned from the Singapore Administrative Service on 11 August 2015 to run for election in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC after Wong Kan Seng, Hri Kumar and Zainudin Nordin stepped down from their respective wards and politics. [12] Two years before that, he had been attending grassroots events in Bishan–Toa Payoh[13] and Marine Parade GRCs.[14] On 1 September 2015 (Nomination Day), Chee's fist-clenching and chest-thumping action in response to hecklers[15] shocked a few observers and amused others. When he was asked about that, Chee replied, "I'm new to this, so there's much for me to learn. I'll certainly try to improve."[15] On Polling Day, the PAP team won with 73.59% of the vote against the Singapore People's Party.[16] Chee was elected Member of Parliament representing the Toa Payoh West–Balestier ward of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.
On 1 October 2015, Chee was appointed Minister of State at the Ministries of Health and Communications and Information.
Chee was promoted to Senior Minister of State on 1 May 2017[3] and served at the Ministries of Communications and Information and Health from May 2017 to April 2018. On 9 November 2017, he alleged in a Facebook post that Leon Perera, a Non-constituency Member of Parliament, had made false accusations about Mediacorp making partisan edits on the video of a parliamentary debate on Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill in February 2017.[17] In response, Perera refuted Chee's allegation and stated that his questions were about the ownership of the copyright to parliamentary video footage and why parliamentary video live feed cannot be made publicly available, as is the case in many other countries. Perera later apologised in Parliament.[18]
On 10 March 2018, Chee was one of the PAP Members of Parliament who responded to Workers' Party Member of Parliament Sylvia Lim over her remark that the government had intended to raise the goods and services tax in the current term but backtracked due to negative public reaction. He chided the Workers' Party for using this issue to discredit the PAP government, saying that it was an attack on its integrity and not responding as strongly as they did would imply that the government is dishonest.[19] Lim acknowledged that she "may have been wrong".[20]
On 24 April 2018, Chee was redesignated as Senior Minister of State at the Ministries of Trade and Industry and Education.[21]
In the 2020 general election, Chee contested in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC as part of a four-member PAP team and they won with 67.26% of the vote against the Singapore People's Party.[22] He thus retained his parliamentary seat, representing the Toa Payoh West–Thomson ward of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC. He is also a member of the Bishan–Toa Payoh Town Council and an advisor to the Bishan–Toa Payoh grassroots organisations. On 27 July 2020, he was appointed Senior Minister of State at the Ministries of Transport and Foreign Affairs. Following a Cabinet reshuffle, on 15 May 2021, his portfolio as Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs was dropped, but he remained Senior Minister of State for Transport as he was shifted to the Labour Movement following a request by PM Lee to send him in return for Koh Poh Koon. Chee was however appointed Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance on 13 June 2022, he was replaced by Desmond Tan at NTUC.[23]
On 2 May 2024, Chee was appointed as a Director at the Monetary Authority of Singapore Board of Directors. His term would last from 1 June to 31 May 2027.[24][25]
Menteri Transportasi (2023–sekarang)
suntingPada 12 Juli 2023, Chee ditunjuk sebagai Pelaksana Tugas Menteri Transportasi setelah S. Iswaran dibebastugaskan selama dia berada di bawah penyelidikan yang diluncurkan oleh Biro Investigasi Praktik Korupsi (CPIB).[26]
Pada tanggal 18 Januari 2024, Chee dipromosikan sebagai Menteri Transportasi penuh setelah S. Iswaran mengundurkan diri mengikuti putusan 27 dakwaan terkait suap dan korupsi. Ia juga diangkat menjadi Menteri Kedua Keuangan.[27]
Personal life
suntingChee telah menikah dan dianugrahi empat orang anak.[28]
Referensi
sunting- ^ a b "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
- ^ "Mr Chee Hong Tat". www.mti.gov.sg. Diakses tanggal 2020-08-01.
- ^ a b "SMS Chee Hong Tat" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore.[pranala nonaktif permanen]
- ^ Tan, Martino (2015-06-07). "6 potential PAP candidates who are so senior they won't be MPs if they entered parliament". mothership.sg (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 2020-08-01.
- ^ "Second Perm Sec for Trade and Industry Chee Hong Tat leaves civil service". Channel NewsAsia. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 7 August 2015. Diakses tanggal 2015-08-16.
- ^ "Foolish to advocate the learning of dialects". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2018-10-04. Diakses tanggal 2018-05-17.
- ^ Lee, Kuan Yew (2012). My Lifelong Challenge: Singapore's Bilingual Journey. Straits Times Press.
- ^ "Pallbearers". www.remembering.sg.
- ^ "Lawrence Wong steps down as Chief Executive of Energy Market Authority, may enter politics". 29 March 2011.
- ^ "New Chief Executive For Energy Market Authority". Ministry of Trade and Industry.[pranala nonaktif permanen]
- ^ "Second Permanent Secretary". Ministry of Trade and Industry. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2015-06-11. Diakses tanggal 2017-07-05.
- ^ Yong, Charissa (4 August 2015). "Senior civil servant Chee Hong Tat, 41, resigns from the civil service". The Straits Times.
- ^ hermes (2015-07-30). "Three potential candidates spotted with PAP MPs". The Straits Times (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 2018-05-04.
- ^ "New PAP candidates: This 'small brother' wants to pay it back". The New Paper (dalam bahasa Inggris). 2015-08-13. Diakses tanggal 2018-05-04.
- ^ a b Yong, Charissa (2015-09-03). "Stepping out of comfort zone to serve". The Straits Times (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 2018-05-04.
- ^ "GE2015: PAP wins Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC with 73.59% of votes". Business Times. 2015-09-12. Diakses tanggal 2016-12-08.
- ^ "Leon Perera made 'serious accusation' that Mediacorp 'edited' parliamentary video: Chee Hong Tat". CNA.
- ^ Sen, Ng Jun (2018-01-08). "Parliament: WP's Leon Perera apologises, withdraws statements on Mediacorp's editing of parliamentary footage". The Straits Times (dalam bahasa Inggris). ISSN 0585-3923. Diakses tanggal 2021-10-07.
- ^ "Important for Govt to remove any doubt about timing of GST hike to protect its integrity: Chee Hong Tat". The Straits Times. March 10, 2018.
- ^ "Sylvia Lim says her suspicions 'may have been wrong'". The Straits Times. March 9, 2018.
- ^ "Cabinet reshuffle: 4 backbenchers promoted, lawyer Edwin Tong to be Senior Minister of State for Law and Health". The Straits Times. April 24, 2018.
- ^ "GE2020 official results: PAP wins Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC in 3rd successive challenge by SPP". The Straits Times (dalam bahasa Inggris). 2020-07-11. Diakses tanggal 2020-07-15.
- ^ Lim, Min Zhang (6 June 2022). "Tan Kiat How, Eric Chua and Rahayu Mahzam to be promoted in latest Cabinet changes". The Straits Times. Diakses tanggal 6 June 2022.
- ^ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/chee-hong-tat-appointed-monetary-authority-singapore-board-directors-4307666
- ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/chee-hong-tat-appointed-to-mas-board
- ^ "Transport Minister S Iswaran assisting in CPIB investigation, instructed to take leave of absence by PM Lee". CNA (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 2023-07-12.
- ^ Iau, Jean; Zachariah, Natasha Ann (18 Januari 2024). "Iswaran resigns as Transport Minister, from the PAP amid charges including corruption". The Straits Times (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 18 Januari 2024.
- ^ "Chee Hong Tat" (PDF) (dalam bahasa Inggris). Pap.org.sg. Diarsipkan dari versi asli (PDF) tanggal 2016-03-04. Diakses tanggal 2015-08-16.
Pranala luar
sunting| Jabatan politik | ||
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| Didahului oleh: S. Iswaran |
Menteri Transportasi 2024–sekarang |
Petahana |
| Kursi majelis | ||
| Didahului oleh: Hri Kumar Nair sebagai Anggota Parlemen (Thomson-Toa Payoh) |
Anggota Parlemen untuk Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh West-Balestier) 2015–sekarang |
Petahana |