Agency Name: | Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth |
Motto: | Together, Let's Build a Singapore That We Can Call Home |
Preceding1: | Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Singapore |
Employees: | 5,242 (2018)[1] |
Budget: | S$2.07 billion (2019) |
Headquarters: | Old Hill Street Police Station, 140 Hill Street, #01-01A, Singapore 179369 |
Minister1 Name: | Edwin Tong |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister |
Minister2 Name: | Low Yen Ling |
Minister2 Pfo: | Senior Minister of State |
Minister3 Name: | Alvin Tan |
Minister3 Pfo: | Minister of State |
Minister4 Name: | Eric Chua |
Minister4 Pfo: | Senior Parliamentary Secretary |
Chief1 Name: | Tan Gee Keow |
Chief1 Position: | Permanent Secretary |
Chief2 Name: | Dr Ang Hak Seng |
Chief2 Position: | Deputy Secretary |
Chief3 Name: | Rosa Daniel |
Chief3 Position: | Deputy Secretary (Culture) |
Chief4 Name: | Ong Wee Kiat, Phillip |
Chief4 Position: | Deputy Secretary (Community, Youth and Sports) |
Child1 Agency: | Hindu Endowments Board |
Child2 Agency: | Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura |
Child3 Agency: | National Arts Council |
Child4 Agency: | National Heritage Board |
Child5 Agency: | National Youth Council |
Child6 Agency: | People's Association |
Child7 Agency: | Sport Singapore |
Child8 Agency: | School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA) |
Child9 Agency: | Singapore Art Museum |
Child10 Agency: | National Gallery Singapore |
Child11 Agency: | Singapore Sports School |
Child13 Agency: | The Esplanade |
Agency Id: | T12GA0001C |
The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY; Malay: Kementerian Kebudayaan, Masyarakat dan Belia; ; Tamil: கலாசார, சமூக, இளையர்துறை அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the arts, sports, youth and community in Singapore.
The MCCY was formed on 1 November 2012 as part of a structural reform by the then Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). The MCYS became the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and transferred several of its portfolios, such as Youth Development and Sports to MCCY.[2]
In 2022, the Ministry appointed members of the first disciplinary panel to handle moderate to severe cases of misconduct for member organisations under the Safe Sport Programme.[3]
The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore.The incumbent minister is MP for Marine Parade GRC Edwin Tong from the People's Action Party.
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet | ||
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Lawrence Wong MP for West Coast GRC (born 1972) Interim until 30 April 2014 | 1 November 2012 | 30 September 2015 | PAP | Lee H. III | |||
Grace Fu[4] MP for Yuhua SMC (born 1964) | 1 October 2015 | 26 July 2020 | PAP | Lee H. IV | |||
Edwin Tong[5] MP for Marine Parade GRC (born 1969) | 27 July 2020 | Incumbent | PAP | Lee H. V |