Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Agency overview
Formed	1972; 52 years ago
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	40 Scotts Road #24-00, Environment Building, Singapore 228231
Motto	Sustainable Singapore
Employees	4,493 (2018)
Annual budget	S$2.75 billion (2019)
Ministers responsible	Grace Fu, Minister; Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State; Desmond Tan, Minister of State;
Agency executives	Albert Chua, Permanent Secretary; Amy Hing, Deputy Secretary; Eugene Leong, Deputy Secretary;
Child agencies	National Environment Agency; Public Utilities Board; Singapore Food Agency;
Website	www.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	7 July 1993	16 April 1995
	Teo Chee Hean	17 April 1995 (Acting)	14 January 1996
	Teo Chee Hean	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	1 October 2000 (Acting)	22 November 2001
	Lim Swee Say	23 November 2001	11 August 2004
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
	Yaacob Ibrahim	12 August 2004	20 May 2011	Template:SG/PAP
	Vivian Balakrishnan	21 May 2011	30 September 2015
	Masagos Zulkifli	1 October 2015	26 July 2020		^[9]
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment
	Grace Fu	27 July 2020	Incumbent	Template:SG/PAP	^[10]

References

External links

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[budget2019-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Singapore Budget". https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/docs/default-source/budget_2019/download/pdf/29-MEWR-2019.pdf.

[2] ttps://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] ttps://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.

[CNA_20150928-9] 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.

[:0-10] 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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