Exhibit 23.1


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            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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The Board of Directors
STATS ChipPAC Ltd.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (no.
333-114232) on Form S-8 for the Substitute Share Purchase and Option Plan and
Substitute Equity Incentive Plan, of our report dated February 6, 2004, relating
to the consolidated balance sheets of ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2003, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, comprehensive loss, shareholders' equity and cash
flows for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003, which report appears
in the December 31, 2003, annual report on Form 20-F of ST Assembly Test
Services Ltd.

/s/ KPMG

Singapore
August 24, 2004