Chia was the co-founder of Timbre Group, but had stepped down from directorship in June 2021 and is no longer a shareholder. He has been serving as Managing Director of PlaceM and Director of Feed the World since.
Chia has been known to support and develop Singaporean musicians and culinary talents since 2005.[2]
While studying at National Junior College, Chia founded Arts For Us All (AFUA), a defunct non-profit organisation which engage youths in arts-based community work and events.[4][3]
Chia co-founded Timbre with Danny Loong in 2005, a few months before starting on his undergraduate studies at the National University of Singapore.[5][6] While studying in NUS, he was actively managing the business.[4]
Chia was then appointed as the Deputy Chairperson of Manpower Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) in the 14th Parliament.[10] He also sat on the Finance and Trade and Industry GPC.[11][12]
Since his appointment as a Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Chia has spoken up several times in Parliament, such as the need for businesses to find ways to be sustainable and expand to provide more jobs for Singaporeans.[citation needed] He emphasised the importance of helping companies upskill their employers and helping businesses grow their business.[13]
In the Zhenghua ward, Chia worked with Vivian Balakrishnan and Liang Eng Hwa to launch a Bukit Panjang Town Jobs and Skills Support Taskforce which supplemented national efforts to help jobseekers secure employment.[14] He also reached out to Food Bank Singapore to install vending machines to ease food insecurity for households and seniors who live in rental blocks or one-to two-room studio apartments.[15]
Personal life
Chia is the eldest of three children born to a businessman and a home-maker.[6] He is married, and has a son.[16][3]
Awards
2010: Chia, together with Timbre's other co-founder Danny Loong, was conferred the Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year award under the Singapore Tourism Board’s Singapore Experience Awards.[17]
Junior Chamber International (JCI) Singapore, Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World - Business, Economic and/or Entrepreneurial Accomplishment[19]
The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency/seat he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; WP: The Workers' Party; PSP: Progress Singapore Party All of the leaders of the respective GRCs are in underline. MP(s) who is go on a leave of absence is in italic. NMPs do not belong to any party.