Organization:Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

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Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
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Agency overview
Formed1972; 52 years ago (1972)
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters40 Scotts Road #24-00, Environment Building, Singapore 228231
MottoSustainable Singapore
Employees4,493 (2018)[1]
Annual budgetIncrease S$2.75 billion (2019)[1]
Ministers responsible
  • Grace Fu, Minister
  • Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State
  • Desmond Tan, Minister of State
Agency executives
  • Albert Chua[2], Permanent Secretary
  • Amy Hing, Deputy Secretary
  • Eugene Leong, Deputy Secretary
Child agencies
  • National Environment Agency
  • Public Utilities Board
  • Singapore Food Agency
Websitewww.mse.gov.sg
Environment Building on Scotts Road, headquarters of the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.

The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (abbreviation: MSE; Template:Lang-Chinese; Malay: Kementerian Kemampanan dan Sekitaran; Tamil: நீடித்த நிலைத்தன்மை, சுற்றுப்புற அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore.

History

The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) was established in 1972 as the Ministry of the Environment (ENV). It was later renamed the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) in 2004. On 25 July 2020, the Ministry was renamed to Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.[3]

Responsibilities

The Ministry is responsible for providing a quality living environment and a high standard of public health, protected against the spread of communicable diseases. It also has to ensure a clean and hygienic living environment, as well as managing the complete water cycle – from sourcing, collection, purification and supply of drinking water; to the treatment of used water and recycling into NEWater; desalination; as well as storm water drainage.[citation needed] Since 1 April 2019, it also handles food issues through the Singapore Food Agency.[4][5]

Organisational structure

The Ministry oversees three statutory boards – the National Environment Agency (NEA), Public Utilities Board (PUB), and the Singapore Food Agency (SFA).[6][7][8]

Ministers

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is Grace Fu.

Portrait Minister Start of Term End of Term Political Party Ref.
Minister for the Environment
Lim Kim San 1972 1975 Template:SG/PAP
Edmund William Barker 1975 1979
Lim Kim San 1979 1981
Ong Pang Boon 1981 1985
Ahmad Mattar 1985 1993
Mah Bow Tan at the World Economic Forum Global Redesign Summit 2010.jpg Mah Bow Tan 7 July 1993 16 April 1995
Teo Chee Hean 2.jpg Teo Chee Hean 17 April 1995 (Acting) 14 January 1996
15 January 1996 24 January 1997
Yeo Cheow Tong 25 January 1997 2 June 1999
Lee Yock Suan 3 June 1999 30 September 2000
Lim Swee Say at the PAP Community Foundation 25th Anniversary Carnival - 20110402 (cropped).jpg Lim Swee Say 1 October 2000 (Acting) 22 November 2001
23 November 2001 11 August 2004
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
Yaacob Ibrahim, Singapore - 20060722.jpg Yaacob Ibrahim 12 August 2004 20 May 2011 Template:SG/PAP
Vivian Balakrishnan - 2010.jpg Vivian Balakrishnan 21 May 2011 30 September 2015
Masagos Zulkifli at The Pentagon, USA - 20061017.jpg Masagos Zulkifli 1 October 2015 26 July 2020 [9]
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment
Grace Fu (cropped).jpg Grace Fu 27 July 2020 Incumbent Template:SG/PAP [10]

See also

  • Organisations of the Singapore Government
  • President's Award for the Environment
  • Statutory boards of the Singapore Government

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Singapore Budget". https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/docs/default-source/budget_2019/download/pdf/29-MEWR-2019.pdf. 
  2. ↑ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/albert-chua-to-take-over-as-environment-and-water-resources-9092842
  3. ↑ "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (July 2020)". 26 July 2020. https://www.pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/Changes-to-Cabinet-and-Other-Appointments#AnnexA. 
  4. ↑ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-statutory-board-singapore-food-agency-ava-disbanded-10563864
  5. ↑ "New agency launched to strengthen food security and safety, from farm to fork". April 2019. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-agency-launched-with-goal-to-strengthen-food-security-and-safety-from-farm-to-fork. 
  6. ↑ "NEA". https://www.mse.gov.sg/about-us/boards-committees-councils/statutory-board/nea. 
  7. ↑ "PUB". https://www.mse.gov.sg/about-us/boards-committees-councils/statutory-board/pub. 
  8. ↑ "Singapore Food Agency". https://www.mse.gov.sg/about-us/boards-committees-councils/statutory-board/sfa. 
  9. ↑ Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/prime-minister-lee-hsien/2154802.html. 
  10. ↑ Mahmud, Aqil Haziq (2020-07-25). "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements" (in en). https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pm-lee-singapore-new-cabinet-parliament-ge2020-12962844. 

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