Raymund Ng Teck Heng is a Singaporean former major-general who served as Chief of Air Force from 1998 to 2001.

Education

Ng attended St. Gabriel's Secondary School and

National Junior College National Junior College (NJC) is a government Junior college (Singapore), junior college located in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Established in 1969, it was the first government junior college in Singapore. NJC offers a two-year course for pre-universit ...

. In 1977, Ng was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Merit Scholarship to study

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at the

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and obtained a

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. He also obtained a

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from

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in 1993.

Military career

Ng enlisted in the

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in December 1974, and served as a fighter pilot in the

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. During his career in the military, Ng has held the appointments of Head, Joint Plans Department; Head, Air Operations Department; Commander,

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; and Chief of Staff (Air Staff). Ng was promoted from the rank of

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to brigadier-general on 1 July 1997, and to the rank of major-general on 30 June 1999. Ng succeeded Goh Yong Siang as the Chief of Air Force on 1 July 1998 and stepped down on 1 April 2001. He was succeeded by Lim Kim Choon.

Post-military career

On 1 July 2001, Ng joined

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as Senior Vice President (Flight Operations Projects). In the aftermath of the

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accident, Ng signed off on the termination of the captain and the first officer on 26 July 2002, with the

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calling the action as "unjust, unwarranted and unreasonable". Ng left the position on 31 January 2006.

Awards and decorations

* Public Administration Medal (Military) (Gold), in 1999. * Public Administration Medal (Military) (Silver), in 1995. * Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (20 Years) Medal * Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (10 Years) Medal * Singapore_Armed_Forces_Good_Service_Medal_ribbon

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Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal * US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_rib

Commander of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ng, Raymund 1956 births Chiefs of the Republic of Singapore Air Force Singaporean people of Chinese descent National Junior College alumni Alumni of the University of Manchester Recipients of the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Tentera) Singaporean military leaders Alumni of Imperial College London Living people