Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (Abbreviation: MCYS; Chinese: 社会发展、青年及体育部; Malay: Kementerian Pembangunan Komuniti, Belia dan Sukan) was a ministry of the Government of Singapore tasked with building a "cohesive and resilient" society in Singapore.

"MCYS" redirects here. For ministry in Brunei, see Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (Brunei).

Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Singapore
Logo of the MCYS
Agency overview
Formed1 September 2004 (2004-09-01)
Dissolved1 November 2012 (2012-11-01)
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
HeadquartersMCYS Building, 512 Thomson Road, Singapore 298136
Employees5,063 (Estimated FY2011) [1]
Annual budget$1.83 billion SGD (Estimated FY2011)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • Chan Heng Kee, Permanent Secretary
  • Ong Toon Hui, Deputy Secretary
Child agencies
Websitewww.mcys.gov.sg

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).

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

Ministers
See also: Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth § Ministers; and Ministry of Social and Family Development § 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.

MinisterStart of TermEnd of TermPolitical Party Ref.
Minister for Community Development
S. Dhanabalan19841986 People's Action Party
Wong Kan Seng18 February 198631 December 1986
Seet Ai Mee19861991
Yeo Cheow Tong19911994
Minister for Community Development and Sports
Abdullah Tarmugi2 January 1994 (Acting)14 January 1996 People's Action Party
15 January 199631 March 2000
Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports
Yaacob Ibrahim2000 (Acting)2003 People's Action Party
200311 August 2004
Vivian Balakrishnan12 August 200420 May 2011
Chan Chun Sing21 May 2011 (Acting)31 October 2012

References
  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.
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