Ng Chee Peng
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Ng in 2012
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| Born | Singapore |
| Allegiance | Singapore |
| Service/branch | Singapore Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1988–2014 |
| Rank | Rear-Admiral |
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| Awards | see #Awards |
| Spouse(s) | Valerie Low |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃志平 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 黄志平 | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Zhìpíng |
Ng Chee Peng is a Singaporean former naval admiral. He was the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Navy from 2011–2014 and held the rank of Rear-Admiral (two stars). He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board.
Ng was awarded the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1989. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford. In 2002, he was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship (General Development) and graduated with a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.
Ng enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in December 1988 and served in the Navy. 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 Rear-Admiral (two stars) on 1 July.
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