Ng Yat Chung

Who is Ng Yat Chung?

Ng Yat Chung is a former Singapore military officer. He was the fifth Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces from 1 April 2003 to 23 March 2007, holding the rank of Lieutenant-General. He was also Chief of the Singapore Army from 1 April 2000 to 1 April 2003. Ng is an alumnus of Victoria School and Hwa Chong Junior College, and was also a recipient of the SAF Overseas Scholarship. He read mathematics at Cambridge University and earned his Master of Business Administration at Stanford University. Ng was also the top foreign graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth from 1988 to 1989.