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$Title{Singapore
Chapter 3B. Other Ministries}
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$Date{1990}
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Country: Singapore
Book: Singapore, Facts and Pictures 1990
Author: Ministry of Communications and Information
Affiliation: Embassy of Singapore, Washington DC
Date: 1990
Chapter 3B. Other Ministries
Ministry of National Development
The ministry is responsible for the physical development of Singapore.
Its major development responsibilities cover public and middle-income housing,
urban redevelopment, public works, primary production, parks and recreational
facilities. Its major regulatory functions include state and city planning,
development and building control, car parks management and the import and
export of agricultural and animal produce.
Its other functions include regulating the maintenance and management
of buildings and common properties, controlling the development of
infrastructure in urban and rural areas, promoting the expansion and
improvement of construction capabilities, as well as research and collation
of statistics on the building industry and the property sector.
The ministry's policies are executed by its three departments and five
statutory boards, namely, the Public Works, Primary Production, Parks and
Recreation, the Housing and Development Board, the Preservation of Monuments
Board and the Nature Reserves Board.
Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education is responsible for the formulation and
implementation of education policies. It has the overall control of the
development and administration of Government and Government-aided primary
schools, secondary schools and junior colleges. It also supervises private
schools.
The National University of Singapore, the Nanyang Technological
Institute, the Institute of Education, the Singapore Polytechnic, the Ngee
Ann Polytechnic, the Vocational and Industrial Training Board, the Institute
of Southeast Asian Studies and the Singapore Science Centre are statutory
bodies responsible to their own governing boards but under the overall policy
direction of the ministry.
Ministry of the Environment
The ministry is responsible for protecting and improving the environment.
The principal legislation administered by the ministry are the
Environmental Public Health Act (Cap 95), the Water Pollution Control and
Drainage Act (Cap 348); the Clean Air Act (Cap 45); the Sale of Food Act
(Cap 283); the Destruction of Disease-bearing Insects Act (Cap 79); and the
Infectious Diseases Act (Cap 137).
The matters covered by legislation include hawkers, food handlers and
food establishments, disposal of refuse, public nuisances, pollution of air
and water courses, standards for sanitary appliances, plumbing and other
environmental public health problems.
Ministry of Communications and Information
The Ministry of Communications was renamed the Ministry of Communications
and Information on January 2, 1985, when it absorbed the Information Division
from the dissolved Ministry of Culture.
This ministry is responsible for the development and promotion of
Singapore as a premier centre of communications and for the provision of
effective and efficient air, land and sea transport systems. It is also
responsible for the Government's overall public relations and publicity
activities.
The departments within its portfolio are the Board of Film Censors, the
Marine Department, the Meteorological Service Department and the Registry of
Vehicles. Statutory boards under its purview are the Civil Aviation Authority
of Singapore, the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, the National Maritime Board,
the Port of Singapore Authority, the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, the
Public Transport Council, and the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore.
Ministry of Law
The ministry deals with legal affairs and legislation, constitutional
matters, lands, surveys, registration of titles and deeds, statutory
petitions, administration of adjacent islands, patents and trade marks,
licensing of pawnbrokers and moneylenders, legal aid and advice, copyright and
the appointment of Juvenile Court advisors.
Departments directly under this ministry are the Office of the Official
Assignee and Public Trustee, the Registry of Trade Marks and Patents, the
Registry of Pawnbrokers, the Registry of Moneylenders, the Land Office,
the Registry of Titles and Deeds, the Survey Department, the Appeals Board
(Land Acquisition), the Legal Aid Bureau, the Copyright Tribunal, the Strata
Titles Boards, the Small Claims Tribunals, the Land Surveyors Board and the
Computer Information Systems Department.
Ministry of Home Affairs
The ministry is responsible for the administration of the Singapore
Police Force, the Internal Security Department, the Singapore Joint Civil
Defence Forces, the Prisons Department, the Central Narcotics Bureau, the
Immigration Department and the National Registration Department.
Two statutory boards, namely, the Commercial and Industrial Security
Corporation and the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises,
are under the ministry's purview.
Subjects dealt with by the ministry include crime prevention and
detection, internal security, police national service, road safety, traffic
control, civil defence, fire and ambulance services, fire safety, penal
matters, enforcement against drug trafficking and abuse, immigration,
citizenship, identity cards, births and deaths and registration of societies.
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance has three divisions, namely, the Budget, the
Revenue and the Public Service, each having its own permanent secretary.
Budget Division
The principal functions of the division are budget management and
expenditure control. It oversees the Accountant-General's Department, the
Central Supplies Department, the Computer Services Department and the
Management Services Department. The National Computer Board is a statutory
body under its purview.
Revenue Division
The Revenue Division is responsible for the formulation of Government's
revenue policies and the management of Government's assets and liabilities. It
oversees the regulation of banking, financial and commercial activities to
promote Singapore as a competitive and progressive international financial and
business centre. It also deals with matters relating to the International
Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and
the Asian Development Bank.
Under its charge are the Inland Revenue Department, Customs and Excise
Department, Commercial Affairs Department and Registry of Companies and
Businesses. The statutory bodies under its purview include the Board of
Commissioners of Currency, Singapore; the Monetary Authority of Singapore;
the Post Office Savings Bank; and the Singapore Totalisator Board.
Public Service Division
The Public Service Division is responsible for Schemes of Service, terms
and conditions of service, personnel development and training, computerisation
of personnel records, pay research and related studies, professionals
information and placement service, the social integration of new Singaporeans
and social development.
The Civil Service Institute comes under this division.
Ministry of Labour
The ministry is responsible for matters pertaining to employment,
industrial relations, wages, industrial safety and health and social security.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The ministry is responsible for the conduct and management of Singapore's
relations with other countries; the promotion and protection of Singapore's
national