Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

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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).

Responsibilities

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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

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• "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 Home Affairs and Social Welfare (1963)

Minister			Took office	Left office	Party	Cabinet
		Othman Wok MP for Pasir Panjang (1924–2017)	19 October 1963	27 November 1963	PAP	Lee K. II

Minister for Social Affairs (1963–1985)

Minister			Took office	Left office	Party	Cabinet
		Othman Wok MP for Pasir Panjang (1924–2017)	28 November 1963	30 June 1977	PAP	Lee K. II
						Lee K. III
						Lee K. IV
						Lee K. V
		Toh Chin Chye MP for Rochore (1921–2012) Acting	1 July 1977	4 September 1977	PAP
		Ahmad Mattar MP for Brickworks (born 1940)	5 September 1977	31 May 1984	PAP
						Lee K. VI
			1 June 1984	1 January 1985

Minister for Community Development (1985–2000)

Minister			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 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) Acting	1 July 1991	31 August 1991	PAP
		Yeo Cheow Tong MP for Hong Kah GRC (born 1947)	7 September 1991	1 January 1994	PAP	Goh II
		Abdullah Tarmugi 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
						Goh III

Minister for Community Development and Sports (2000–2004)

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

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

Minister			Took office	Left office	Party	Cabinet
		Vivian Balakrishnan 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. II
		Chan Chun Sing MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC (born 1969) Acting	21 May 2011	31 October 2012	PAP	Lee H. III

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Singapore Government Directory Interactive — Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports