Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
Agency overview
Formed	1 September 2004; 21 years ago
Dissolved	1 November 2012; 13 years ago
Superseding agency	Ministry of Social and Family Development; Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth;
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	MCYS Building, 512 Thomson Road, Singapore 298136
Employees	5,063 (FY2011)
Annual budget	S$1.83 billion (FY2011)
Child agencies	Sport Singapore; Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura; National Council of Social Service; People's Association;
Website	www.mcys.gov.sg

The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) was a ministry of the Government of Singapore tasked with building a "cohesive and resilient" society in Singapore.^{[citation needed]}

On 1 November 2012, the MCYS was restructured and became the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). Several portfolios such as Youth Development and Sports was shifted to a new Ministry, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY).^[2]

Responsibilities

The MCYS pursues social engineering campaigns of varying effectiveness. However, it also tries to encourage widespread youth participation, constructive social activity such as sport and volunteerism. It also tries to encourage acceptance of individual differences among youth.

MCYS has produced various campaigns to address issues such as filial piety to parents and the falling birthrate. Its three-minute short film promoting filial piety, in using more subtle and indirect artistic techniques compared to previous decades' campaigns, found local critical success and won MediaCorp's Viewer's Choice gold award and caused the page "Filial Piety" to receive over 40,000 likes on Facebook.

The MCYS seeks to make Singaporeans "socially responsible individuals", create "inspired and committed Youth" and is a ministry explicitly devoted towards family values ("strong and stable families"). It also seeks to create a "caring and active community" and to promote healthy, sportful lifestyles. It wishes to promote integration of people with disabilities into wider society, and prevent "youths-at-risk" from falling into juvenile delinquency. It also tries to encourage seniors to practice "active aging".

National Campaigns

"Filial Piety" in 2010
"A Girl's Hope" in 2010
"Beautifully Imperfect" in 2009
"Family" in 2008
"Excuses" in 2008

Ministers

The Ministry was previously led by the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, who was appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore.

Minister for Community Development (1985–2000)

	Took office	Left office	Party	Cabinet
S. Dhanabalan MP for Kallang (born 1937)	2 January 1985	17 February 1986	PAP	Lee K. VII
Wong Kan Seng^[a] MP for Kuo Chuan (born 1946)	18 February 1986	31 December 1986	PAP
	1 January 1987	30 June 1991
				Lee K. VIII
				Goh I
Seet Ai Mee MP for Bukit Gombak SMC (born 1943) Interim	1 July 1991	31 August 1991	PAP	Goh I
Yeo Cheow Tong MP for Hong Kah GRC (born 1947)	7 September 1991	1 January 1994	PAP	Goh II
Abdullah Tarmugi^[b] MP for Bedok GRC (until 1996) and East Coast GRC (from 1997) (born 1944)	2 January 1994	14 January 1996	PAP
	15 January 1996	31 March 2000
	15 January 1996	31 March 2000		Goh III

Minister for Community Development and Sports (2000–2004)

	Took office	Left office	Party	Cabinet
Abdullah Tarmugi MP for East Coast GRC (born 1944)	1 April 2000	24 March 2002	PAP	Goh III
Abdullah Tarmugi MP for East Coast GRC (born 1944)	1 April 2000	24 March 2002	PAP	Goh IV
Yaacob Ibrahim MP for Jalan Besar GRC (born 1955) Interim until 11 May 2003	25 March 2002	11 August 2004	PAP	Goh IV

Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports (2004–2012)

	Took office	Left office	Party	Cabinet
Vivian Balakrishnan^[c] MP for Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC (until 2006) and for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC (from 2006) (born 1961)	12 August 2004	31 March 2005	PAP	Lee H. I
	1 April 2005	20 May 2011		Lee H. I
	1 April 2005	20 May 2011		Lee H. II
Chan Chun Sing MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC (born 1969) Interim	21 May 2011	31 October 2012	PAP	Lee H. III

Notes

^ Wong Kan Seng served in an interim capacity from 18 February until 31 December 1986.
^ Abdullah Tarmugi served in an interim capacity from 2 January 1994 until 16 January 1996.
^ Vivian Balakrishnan served in an acting capacity from 12 August 2004 until 31 March 2005.

References

^ ^a ^b "Head I: Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports" (PDF). Budget 2011: Revenue and Expenditure Estimates. Ministry of Finance, Singapore. March 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
^ "Restructuring of MCYS and MICA and establishment of new Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)". PMO. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

External links

[3] Wong Kan Seng served in an interim capacity from 18 February until 31 December 1986.

[4] Abdullah Tarmugi served in an interim capacity from 2 January 1994 until 16 January 1996.

[5] Vivian Balakrishnan served in an acting capacity from 12 August 2004 until 31 March 2005.

[MCYS_EE2011-1] "Head I: Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports" (PDF). Budget 2011: Revenue and Expenditure Estimates. Ministry of Finance, Singapore. March 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

[2] "Restructuring of MCYS and MICA and establishment of new Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)". PMO. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

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