Education
Chong obtained his Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in 1982.
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Career
Having previously been a judge in the Supreme Court, he returned to the Bench following the end of his tenure as Attorney-General. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1983. He was appointed Senior Counsel in January 1998, Judicial Commissioner in October 2009 and Supreme Court Judge in June 2010.
Chong started his legal practice at Drew & Napier, where he spent 14 years and built up his legal career from an associate to the joint Managing Partner.
He was a leading commercial lawyer during his practice and argued many cases in court. He is an accredited Arbitrator of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration.
Chong was also Iceland"s Honorary Consul to Singapore from 2003 to 2009. Chong was appointed Attorney-General on 25 June 2012, succeeding Sundaresh Menon.
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.
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Membership
He was also a senior member of the Singapore arbitration community and participated in arbitration as both a counsel as well as an arbitrator.
