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The Singapore Civil Service is the bureaucracy of civil servants that supports the Government of Singapore. Along with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), statutory boards, and other independent government bodies, the civil service makes up the overall public service of Singapore. [1] As of 2022, the civil service has about 87,000 employees.
A civil service official, also known as a public servant or public employee, is a person employed in the public sector by a government department or agency for public sector undertakings. Civil servants work for central and state governments, and answer to the government, not a political party. [1] [2]
The Public Service Commission ( PSC) has a constitutional role to appoint, confirm, promote, transfer, dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over public officers in Singapore. It is constituted under Part IX of the Constitution of Singapore . The PSC also retains two key non-constitutional roles.
Headquarters. 31 North Buona Vista Road, Singapore 275983. 1°18′35″N 103°47′23″E / 1.3097°N 103.7896°E / 1.3097; 103.7896. Agency executives. Loh Khum Yean, Permanent Secretary. Ong Toon Hui, Dean & CEO. Parent agency. Public Service Division, Prime Minister's Office. Website.
In 2022-23, the approximate headcount of Singapore Armed Forces personnel across 3 categories is as follows: NSFs - National Servicemen Full-time, nearly 50,000 conscripted every year for 2 years full-time service: This is the number of eligible males who reach the mandatory military age annually.
The history of the modern state of Singapore dates back to its founding in the early 19th century; however, evidence suggests that a significant trading settlement existed on the island in the 14th century. The last ruler of the Kingdom of Singapura, Parameswara, was expelled by the Majapahit or the Siamese before he founded Malacca.
Peter Ong Boon Kwee ( Chinese: 王文辉) is a Singaporean civil servant currently serving as the chairman of Enterprise Singapore. He served as the Head of the Civil Service from 2010 to 2017. Ong received a Colombo Plan Scholarship for his tertiary education, earning a degree in economics with honours from Lincoln College, University of ...
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