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==Minister for Communications and Information==
==List of Ministers for Communications and Information==
{{main|List of Ministers for Communications and Information (Singapore)}}
The Minister for Communications and Information is head of the Ministry of Communications and Information, and a member of the [[Cabinet of Singapore]]. The position is currently held by [[S. Iswaran]].

{|class="wikitable"
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! Minister || Start of Term || End of Term
|-
! colspan=3|Minister for Culture
|-
|[[S Rajaratnam]] || 1959 || 1965
|-
|[[Othman Wok]] || 1965 || 1968
|-
|[[Jek Yeun Thong]] || 1968 || 1969
|-
|vacant || 1969 || 1970
|-
|[[Jek Yeun Thong]] || 1970 || 1977
|-
|[[Ong Teng Cheong]] (acting) || 1977 || 1981
|-
|[[S. Dhanabalan]] || 1981 || 1984
|-
! colspan=3|Minister for Social Affairs
|-
|[[Othman Wok]] || 1963 || 1977
|-
|[[Ahmad Mattar]] (acting) || 1980 || 1981
|-
|[[S Dhanabalan]] || 1981 || 1985
|-
! colspan=3|Minister for Communications
|-
|[[Yong Nyuk Lin]] || 1968 || 1975
|-
|[[Lim Kim San]] || 1975 ||1978
|-
|[[Ong Teng Cheong]] || 1978 || 1983
|-
|[[Ong Pang Boon]] || 1983 || 1983
|-
! colspan=3|Minister for Communications and Information
|-
|[[Yeo Ning Hong]] || 1985 || 1990
|-
! colspan=3|Minister for Information and the Arts
|-
|[[George Yeo]] || 1990 || 1999
|-
|[[Lee Yock Suan]] || 1999 || 2001
|-
! colspan=3|Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts
|-
|[[David Lim Tik En]] || 2001 || 2003
|-
|[[Lee Boon Yang]] || 2003 || 2010
|-
|[[Lui Tuck Yew]] || 2010 || 2011
|-
|[[Yaacob Ibrahim]] || 2011 || 2015
|-
! colspan=3|Minister for Communications and Information
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|[[Yaacob Ibrahim]] || 1 October 2015 || 30 April 2018
|-
|[[S. Iswaran]] || 1 May 2018 || ''Incumbent''
|}


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Revision as of 02:50, 26 July 2020

For other uses, see Ministry of Communications.

Ministry of Communications and Information
  • Malay:Kementerian Perhubungan dan Penerangan
    Chinese:通讯及新闻部
Agency overview
Formed1 November 2012; 11 years ago (2012-11-01)
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA)
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters140 Hill Street #01-01A, Old Hill Street Police Station, Singapore 179369
Employees2,651 (2018)[1]
Annual budget$1.04 billion (est) SGD (2019)[2]
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • Gabriel Lim, Permanent Secretary[3]
  • Tan Li San, Deputy Secretary
  • Janadas Devan, Chief of Government Communications
Child agencies
Websitemci.gov.sg

1°17′26.61″N 103°50′53.31″E / 1.2907250°N 103.8481417°E / 1.2907250; 103.8481417

The Ministry of Communications and Information (Abbreviation: MCI: Malay: Kementerian Perhubungan dan Penerangan) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore. It is in charge of information and communications technology, the media and design sectors, public libraries, as well as the Government's information and public communication policies.

History

The Old Hill Street Police Station is currently the headquarters of the Ministry of Communications and Information

On 5 June 1959, the Ministry of Culture came into being with the swearing-in and appointments of ministers of the new Government of Singapore. On 1 February 1980, the Broadcasting Division of the Ministry of Culture became a statutory board, the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation.

1985 saw the dissolution of the Ministry of Culture. Its Information Division came under the new Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). Its arts promotion component was assimilated into the Ministry of Community Development (MCD) as the Cultural Affairs Division.

Five years later, on 28 November 1990, the Information Division of the MCI and the Cultural Affairs Division of MCD, together with other associated departments and statutory boards, reunited to form the Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA).

On 1 September 1991, the Festival of Arts Secretariat, Singapore Cultural Foundation, the Arts Division of MITA, and the National Theatre Trust merged to form the National Arts Council (NAC).

On 1 October 1994, the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) was formed as a statutory board under MITA to oversee and promote the broadcasting industry in Singapore.

On 23 November 2001, the information and communications technology (ICT) functions under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology came under MITA. The expanded Ministry was renamed the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, but retained the acronym MITA. In that year, Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) became one of MITA's statutory boards.

On 1 January 2003, the Singapore Broadcasting Authority, Singapore Films Commission and Films and Publications Department (previously under the MITA headquarters) merged to form the Media Development Authority (MDA). On 13 August 2004, the Ministry's acronym was changed from "MITA" to "MICA".

On 1 November 2012, MICA was renamed the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). The move followed the restructuring of two previous ministries – MICA and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) – into MCI, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). REACH (Reaching Everyone for Active Citizenry @ Home) was assimilated into MCI while the resilience, arts and heritage portfolios became part of MCCY. MCI now oversees the development of the information and communications technology, media and design sectors, public libraries, and the Government’s information and public communication policies.[4]

On 18 January 2016, MCI announced that the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Media Development Authority (MDA) will be restructured into two new entities: The Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Government Technology Organisation (GTO) (now Government Technology Agency; GovTech), in the second half of 2016.[5] The new statutory boards were formed on 1 October 2016.

Statutory boards

MCI has 2 statutory boards:

MCI also manages:

List of Ministers for Communications and Information

The Minister for Communications and Information is head of the Ministry of Communications and Information, and a member of the Cabinet of Singapore. The position is currently held by S. Iswaran.

Minister Start of Term End of Term
Minister for Culture
S Rajaratnam 1959 1965
Othman Wok 1965 1968
Jek Yeun Thong 1968 1969
vacant 1969 1970
Jek Yeun Thong 1970 1977
Ong Teng Cheong (acting) 1977 1981
S. Dhanabalan 1981 1984
Minister for Social Affairs
Othman Wok 1963 1977
Ahmad Mattar (acting) 1980 1981
S Dhanabalan 1981 1985
Minister for Communications
Yong Nyuk Lin 1968 1975
Lim Kim San 1975 1978
Ong Teng Cheong 1978 1983
Ong Pang Boon 1983 1983
Minister for Communications and Information
Yeo Ning Hong 1985 1990
Minister for Information and the Arts
George Yeo 1990 1999
Lee Yock Suan 1999 2001
Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts
David Lim Tik En 2001 2003
Lee Boon Yang 2003 2010
Lui Tuck Yew 2010 2011
Yaacob Ibrahim 2011 2015
Minister for Communications and Information
Yaacob Ibrahim 1 October 2015 30 April 2018
S. Iswaran 1 May 2018 Incumbent

References

  1. ^ https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/docs/default-source/budget_2019/download/pdf/39-MCI-2019.pdf
  2. ^ https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/docs/default-source/budget_2019/download/pdf/39-MCI-2019.pdf
  3. ^ "Changes in Permanent Secretary appointments from January 2017". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ Imelda Saad; S. Ramesh (31 July 2012), MCYS, MICA to be restructured to form 3 new ministries, Channel NewsAsia
  5. ^ "IDA, MDA to be restructured to capitalise on converging media and ICT landscape". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

External links

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