Oct 17, 2009
Brother succeeds RSAF chief
THE Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will get a new chief come Dec 10 - and in a first for the Singapore Armed Forces, one sibling will replace another.
The new Chief of Air Force will be Brigadier-General Ng Chee Meng, 41. He will replace his older brother, Major-General Ng Chee Khern, 44, who has been the Air Force chief since 2006.
The generals have another sibling in the top rungs of the military: The youngest of the three, Rear-Admiral Ng Chee Peng, 39, is the Republic of Singapore Navy's Chief of Staff - Naval Staff and Fleet Commander.
Maj-Gen Ng, an SAF (Overseas) and President's Scholar, will move to the administrative service after he relinquishes his appointment, the Defence Ministry said yesterday.
Acknowledging his achievements since he joined the military in 1984, Mindef said the two-star general has served the SAF with distinction.
It credited Maj-Gen Ng with leading 'the most fundamental restructuring' of the Air Force and its staff since the arm was formed in 1968.
Apr 02, 2014
Director of the Security and Intelligence Division at the Ministry of Defence, Major General (NS) Ng Chee Khern, will be apointed permanent secretary of Defence Development on May 1.
The 48-year-old will oversee policies and issues related to manpower, finance, information technology, and defence technology acquisition and research.
Mr Ng joined the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1984 on being awarded a President's cum SAF Overseas Scholarship. He was appointed to the Administrative Service in 1995 and remained in the SAF, where he rose to the rank of Major General.