Ng Yat Chung
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| Born | Singapore |
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 Singapore
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| Service/branch | Singapore Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1979–2007 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
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| Awards | see #Awards |
| Other work | see #Business career |
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| Chinese | 伍逸松 | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔ Yìsōng |
Ng Yat Chung is a Singaporean business executive and former army general. He was the fifth Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) from 2003–2007 and held the rank of Lieutenant-General. Before that, he served as the Chief of the Singapore Army from 2000–2003. Ng became an executive in Temasek Holdings after leaving the SAF in 2007. In 2011, he joined Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) and became its Group President and Chief Executive Officer.
Ng received his secondary and pre-university education in Victoria School and Hwa Chong Junior College respectively. He was part of a team that represented Hwa Chong Junior College in a 1978 inter-school mathematical competition organised by the Singapore Mathematical Society of the National University of Singapore.
Ng awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1980 and graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in engineering from the University of Cambridge. In 1987, he obtained a Master of Arts in mathematics from Cambridge. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and graduated with a Master of Military Art and Science from the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
Ng enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1979 and was commissioned as an artillery officer in December that year. Throughout his military career, he held various appointments, including the following: Commanding Officer, 21st Battalion Singapore Artillery; Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Plans); Commander, 3rd Singapore Infantry Brigade; Head, Joint Operations Department; Commander, 3rd Division; Director, Joint Operations and Planning Directorate; Chief of Staff (Joint Staff); Chief of Army. He relinquished his appointment as the Chief of Army on 1 April 2003 and succeeded Lim Chuan Poh as the Chief of Defence Force (CDF).
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