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Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
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Agency overview
Formed1972
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters40 Scotts Road, #24-00 Environment Building, Singapore 228231
Employees145 (2015 est.)[1]
Annual budgetIncrease$1.75 billion SGD (2015 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
Child agencies
Websitewww.mewr.gov.sg
Environment Building on Scotts Road, headquarters of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Abbreviation: MEWR; Malay: Kementerian Alam Sekitar dan Sumber Air; Chinese: 环境及水源部; Tamil: சுற்றுப்புறம் மற்றும் நீர்வள அமைச்சு) formerly the Ministry of the Environment (ENV), is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for providing a quality living environment and a high standard of public health, protected against the spread of communicable diseases. It was set up in 1972, and today, together with its two statutory boards – the National Environment Agency (NEA) and Public Utilities Board – the Ministry’s area of responsibility has widened to include ensuring 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.

On 1 April 2019, A new statutory board Singapore Food Agency (SFA) will be created to amalgamate the functions of three stat boards, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), National Environment Agency (NEA) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA). A National Centre for Food Science will also be established under SFA to consolidate the food laboratory capabilities of the three agencies. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Head L: Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources" (PDF). Budget 2015. Ministry of Finance. February 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-statutory-board-singapore-food-agency-ava-disbanded-10563864


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