Ng Chee Peng is a Singaporean civil servant and former two-star

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who served as Chief of Navy between 2011 and 2014.

Education

Ng was awarded the

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ship and

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in 1989. He graduated from the

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with a

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with first class honours degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE). He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship (General Development) in 2002, before going on to complete a Master of Public Administration degree at

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Military career

Ng enlisted in the

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(SAF) in December 1988 and served in the

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. He spent his early days with the Missile Gun Boats, first as a junior officer and later as the Executive Officer on board the RSS ''Sea Tiger''. He was also the Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer on board the RSS ''Valiant''. He assumed his first command on board the Missile Corvette RSS ''Victory''. He also held various staff appointments in the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), including: Head, Operations Planning Branch, Naval Operations Department; Head, Long Term Planning Secretariat, Office of the Chief of Defence Force. After returning from his studies in Harvard University in 2002, Ng was appointed as the Commanding Officer of the Missile Corvette Squadron in July 2003, and concurrently served as the Commander of the First Flotilla from January 2004. He held the following appointments later: Director (Policy), MINDEF (2005–2007); Fleet Commander (2007–2009); Chief of Staff, Naval Staff (2009–2010); Chief of Staff, Joint Staff (2010–2011). Ng succeeded Chew Men Leong as the Chief of Navy on 29 March 2011 and was promoted to the rank of two-star

on 1 July. Ng stepped down from his position as the Chief of Navy on 1 August 2014 and was succeeded by Lai Chung Han.

Civil Service career

Ng was appointed as the chief executive officer of the Central Provident Fund Board on 15 March 2015. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Secretary (Special Projects) at the Ministry of Manpower. Ng stepped down as the chief executive officer of the CPF Board on 1 April 2019.

Personal life

Ng has two elder brothers.

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, a former

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who served as Chief of Air Force between 2006 and 2009.

Ng Chee Meng Ng Chee Meng ( zh, s=黄志明, p=Huáng Zhìmíng; born 8 August 1968) is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former lieutenant-general who has been serving as Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress since 2018. A memb ...

, a politician and former lieutenant-general who served as Chief of Air Force between 2009 and 2013, Chief of Defence Force between 2013 and 2015, and

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(MP) for

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. Ng is married to Valerie Low.

Awards

* Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military), in 2007. * Legion of Merit, in 2012. * Navy Meritorius Service Star (1 Class), in 2013https://tni.mil.id/photo-35-4-panglima-tni-sematkan-bintang-jalasena-utama-kepada-kasal-amerika-dan-singapura.html

References

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