joo chiat single member constituency (traditional chinese: 如切單選區;simplified chinese: 如切单选区) is a defunct single member constituency (smc) located in the eastern region of singapore. the smc encompasses the areas of joo chiat, katong, opera estate, siglap and a portion of telok kurau. it had previously existed from 1959 until 1988, when it was merged with neighbouring constituencies to form bedok group representation constituency (bedok grc). it was reformed just before the 2001 general election after being carved out from east coast group representation constituency. the seat has been held by the people's action party since its reformation that year and was contested again in 2006. its current member of parliament is charles chong.