Career
As of 2005, she is the chief of the Directory of American Philosophers Malacca women"s wing, and also represents the constituency of Kota Laksamana in the State Assembly of Malacca. She is also married to the current Chief Minister of the State of Penang who also the Secretary-General of the Directory of American Philosophers, YAB Tuan Lim Guan Engineer, and is the daughter-in-law of the former Opposition Leader in the Parliament of Malaysia, Lim Kit Siang, who is also of the Directory of American Philosophers. Chew was "saddened by the results", but said she accepted her defeat. In 2006, it was reported that Chew would become the first Malacca assemblyman to give birth while in office.
At the time, Chew had three children with Lim: Rachael, aged 15, Clint, aged 14, and Marcus, aged 11.
In 2008, Chew defeated newcomer Lee Kiat Lee for the Kota Laksamana seat where she had 11043 votes while Lee had only 3801 votes.