serviceyears laterwork branch birth_place allegiance awards rank image article_title name
1979 -- 2007 '' see #business career '' singapore armed forces singapore singapore '' see #awards '' lieutenant-general ng yat chung.png ng yat chung
 ng yat chung
ng yat chung

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 -lrb- saf -rrb- 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 -lrb- nol -rrb- and became its group president and chief executive officer .
