Singapore to get new Navy chief in August

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The Singapore Armed Forces will get a new Chief of Navy in August.

Rear-Admiral (RADM) Lai Chung Han, 41, will take over the post from RADM Ng Chee Peng as Chief of Navy on 1 August 2014.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said that the change is "part of the continuing process of leadership renewal in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)".

RADM Ng, 44, has held the post of Chief of Navy since March 2011.

Currently the Deputy Secretary (Policy) MINDEF, RADM Lai joined the SAF in 1992. A SAF (Overseas) and President's Scholar, he holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree from the University of Cambridge, and a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University. He was previously the Commanding Officer of RSS Valiant and 188 Squadron, as well as the navy's Fleet Commander.

He has held his current position as Deputy Secretary (Policy) at MINDEF since September 2012.

MINDEF also paid tribute to outgoing chief RADM Ng, who has been with the SAF for 26 years.

In his tenure as Navy chief, RADM Ng was responsible for establishing and operationalising the National Maritime Security System and the ARCHER-Class submarines. Under his leadership, the Navy contributed to international counter-piracy efforts, and played a key role in the command of Combined Task Force 151 in the Gulf of Aden.

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