Steven Chong Horng Siong (born 22 September 1957) is a Singaporean judge who has been serving as a judge of the

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since 2017. He had previously served as the seventh

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between 2012 and 2014, and a judge of the

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between 2010 and 2012, and again between 2014 and 2017.

Early life

Chong graduated from the

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with a

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degree in 1982. In that same year, Chong, together with Davinder Singh, V. K. Rajah and Jimmy Yim, won the Philip C. Jessup Cup. Chong was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1983. He was appointed

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in January 1998, Judicial Commissioner in October 2009 and Supreme Court Judge in June 2010.

Career

Chong started his legal practice at

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, where he spent 14 years and built up his legal career from an associate to the joint Managing Partner. He then spent 12 years in

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and was its Senior Partner and then Managing Partner until his appointment to the Supreme Court Bench. He was a leading commercial lawyer during his practice and argued many cases in court. He was also a senior member of the Singapore arbitration community and participated in arbitration as both a counsel as well as an arbitrator. He is an accredited Arbitrator of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration. Chong was also

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's Honorary Consul to Singapore from 2003 to 2009. Chong was appointed Attorney-General on 25 June 2012, succeeding

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. In April 2014 it was announced that he would return to Singapore's High Court at the conclusion of his two-year term, to be succeeded by Judge of Appeal V. K. Rajah.''Justice V. K. Rajah to take over as A-G in June'', 'Straits Times', 28 April 2014

References

External links

Attorney-General's Chambers factsheet on the appointment of Justice Steven Chong as Attorney-GeneralSteven Chong's profile at Rajah & Tann LLP
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chong, Steven Singaporean people of Chinese descent Anglo-Chinese School alumni Living people National University of Singapore alumni 20th-century Singaporean lawyers Singaporean people of Hakka descent Singaporean Senior Counsel Attorneys-General of Singapore Singaporean Judges of Appeal 1957 births 21st-century Singaporean lawyers