Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Singapore)
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The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Abbreviation
: MEWR; Chinese: 新加坡环境及水源部; Malay: Kementerian Alam Sekitar dan Sumber Air) 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.
Abbreviation
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...
: MEWR; Chinese: 新加坡环境及水源部; Malay: Kementerian Alam Sekitar dan Sumber Air) formerly the Ministry of the Environment (ENV), is a ministry
Ministry (government department)
A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...
of the Government of Singapore
Government of Singapore
The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to mean the Executive branch of government, which is made up of the President and the Cabinet of Singapore. Although the President acts in his personal discretion in the exercise of certain functions as a check...
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
National Environment Agency
National Environment Agency formed on 1 July 2002, is a statutory board under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources in Singapore. As a statutory board, it gives NEA greater administrative autonomy to be more nimble in the protection of the environment...
(NEA) and Public Utilities Board
Public Utilities Board
The Public Utilities Board is a statutory board of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources under the Government of Singapore....
– 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
NEWater
NEWater is the brand name given to reclaimed water produced by Singapore's Public Utilities Board. More specifically, it is treated wastewater that has been purified using dual-membrane and ultraviolet technologies, in addition to conventional water treatment processes...
; desalination; as well as storm water drainage.
Ministers
| Minister | Term |
|---|---|
| Lim Kim San Lim Kim San Lim Kim San ; was a Singaporean politician. He was credited for leading the successful public housing program in the Southeast Asian city-state during the early 1960s, which eased the acute housing shortage problem at that time.... |
1972 - 1975 (Minister for the Environment) |
| Edmund William Barker | 1975 - 1979 (Minister for the Environment) |
| Lim Kim San Lim Kim San Lim Kim San ; was a Singaporean politician. He was credited for leading the successful public housing program in the Southeast Asian city-state during the early 1960s, which eased the acute housing shortage problem at that time.... |
1979 - 1981 (Minister for the Environment) |
| Ong Pang Boon Ong Pang Boon Ong Pang Boon was a prominent first generation People's Action Party politician in Singapore.-Early life and education:Born in Kuala Lumpur, he was educated in a Chinese primary school, a Confucian middle school, Methodist Boys' School , and later attained a geography degree at the then... |
1981 - 1985 (Minister for the Environment) |
| Dr. Ahmad Mattar | 1985 - 1995 (Minister for the Environment) |
| Mah Bow Tan Mah Bow Tan Mah Bow Tan is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently a Member of Parliament representing the Tampines Group Representation Constituency... |
July 1993 - April 1995 (Minister for the Environment) |
| Teo Chee Hean Teo Chee Hean Teo Chee Hean is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Home Affairs and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security, and a Member of Parliament for the Pasir Ris-Punggol Group... |
April 1995 - January 1996 (Acting Minister for the Environment); January 1996 - January 1997 (Minister for the Environment) |
| Lim Swee Say Lim Swee Say Lim Swee Say is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently a Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and the Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress.... |
October 2000 - November 2001 (Acting Minister for the Environment); November 2001 - 12 August 2004 (Minister for the Environment) |
| Yaacob Ibrahim Yaacob Ibrahim Yaacob bin Ibrahim is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs.-Education and early career:Yaacob graduated from the University of... |
12 August 2004 - 20 May 2011 |
| Vivian Balakrishnan Vivian Balakrishnan Vivian Balakrishnan is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources.... |
21 May 2011 to date |
See also
- National Environment AgencyNational Environment AgencyNational Environment Agency formed on 1 July 2002, is a statutory board under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources in Singapore. As a statutory board, it gives NEA greater administrative autonomy to be more nimble in the protection of the environment...
- Public Utilities BoardPublic Utilities BoardThe Public Utilities Board is a statutory board of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources under the Government of Singapore....
- Organisations of the Singapore GovernmentOrganisations of the Singapore GovernmentThe government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore. Ministries are led by a member of the cabinet and deal with state matters that require direct political oversight. The member of the cabinet heading the ministry is known as the...
- Statutory boards of the Singapore GovernmentStatutory boards of the Singapore GovernmentThe statutory boards of the Singapore Government are organisations that have been given autonomy to perform an operational function. They usually report to one specific ministry.*Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority...