Ng Chee Meng

Ng Chee Meng
Other names	黄志明
Born	8 August 1968 Singapore
Occupation	Politician
Political party	People's Action Party

Ng Chee Meng is a controversial Singaporean politician and party member of People's Action Party.

Controversy

Conduct at MOE in 2017

On 1 May 2025, a former MOE (Ministry of Education) trainee teacher published a post on Instagram revealing that when he was attending a dialogue session involving a minister with an education portfolio. During the session, he posed a question about the enduring relevance and fairness of the Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools in contemporary Singapore and shared that he had studied in a SAP school and had recently been posted to teach JC Art in one. After he had returned to his seat, the minister reportedly said, “When minister is talking to you, you better stand up.” He complied and returned to the microphone, the minister then proceeded to question and lecture him in what he perceived as an aggressive tone, prompting murmurs of disapproval among the crowd. Another individual, whom he did not know, stepped up to the microphone to support his question, the minister responded and said, “You two no need to conspire against minister, ok?”. The ex-trainee teacher wrote on Instagram clarifying that “No one was conspiring against him,”.

A number of individuals wrote online supporting the validity of the ex-trainee teacher's statement, and stating that they had attended the dialogue session, some also described the minister's behaviour as unprofessional. The Instagram post did not name the minister, commenters on Reddit identified him outright as Ng Chee Meng, referring to him by the initials “NCM”. Other individuals revealed their experience with NCM at MOE and described it as "very aggressive" and “really out-of-touch elitist”.

Dinner photo with Su Haijin

Around 2020, Ng Chee Meng, along with other PAP's members, Ong Ye Kung and Chee Hong Tat attended dinners with Su Haijin, a criminal and Fujian Gang member. The 3 PAP's members took photograph with Su Haijin.

The photos shared widely on social media in May 2025, it reportedly increased public scrutiny of the government's clean image. The prime minister's office and the PAP reportedly did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the pictures. The incident drew public comments online from Singaporean, some questioning how the ministers (at the time) could have met Su and others calling for the graft agency to investigate whether there was a relationship between him and the officials.

Petition opposing Ng Chee Meng from joining cabinet

A petiton titled: "Stop Ng Chee Meng from Joining Singapore Cabinet" was launched in May 2025 to oppose Ng Chee Meng from joining the cabinet for reasons of Ng's NTUC-Allianz controversy, conducts in MOE, and dinner photo with Su Haijin.

Response to dinner photo with Su Haijin and MOE dialogue incident

On 6 May 2025, Ng Chee Meng published a statement on his Facebook page response to dinner photo with Su Haijin and MOE dialogue incident.

On dinner photo with Su Haijin, he claimed that it is part of his work as the Secretary-General of NTUC to engage with different companies and private sector leaders and people would often approach him for photographs at these engagements. He claimed that he later learnt about the police investigation and subsequent charges against Su, and he had no further interaction with him.

On MOE dialogue incident, he apologised and claimed that he "greatly value" the work that teachers do every day, and claimed that he do not remember the exact words he used that day as close to a decade has passed since the dialogue.

In the statement, Ng also claimed that he had asked the Prime Minister at the time, Lawrence Wong, to not assign him a government position, and stated that over the next 5 years he will focus on his duties as the MP in Jalan Kayu and his role as Secretary-General of NTUC.