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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 November 2012; 13 years ago (2012-11-01) |
| Preceding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Headquarters | MSF Building, 512 Thomson Road, Singapore 298136 |
| Motto | Passion for People |
| Employees | 1930 (2019) |
| Annual budget |  S$3 billion (2019)[1] |
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| Website | www |
| Agency ID | T08GA0010F |
TheMinistry of Social and Family Development (MSF;Malay:Kementerian Pembangunan Sosial dan Keluarga;Chinese:社会及家庭发展部;Tamil:சமுதாய, குடும்ப மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சு) is aministry of theGovernment of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the community infrastructure, programmes and services inSingapore.
MSF was formed on 1 November 2012, after it was announced on 31 July 2012 that theMinistry of Community Development, Youth and Sports would be restructured. Several portfolios, including youth and sports development, charity governance andREACH, the Government's feedback unit, were taken over by two other new Ministries -Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth andMinistry of Communications and Information.[2]
One of MSF's immediate priorities was to re-examine public policies to help get Singaporeans to marry and have their first child earlier. In addition, MSF would work on strengthening thesocial safety net to better help those in need, especially those who are at risk.[3]
In June 2018, theSave The Children organisation's End of Childhood report ranked Singapore as the best country for children to grow up in. Its ranking methodology is based on eight indicators - under-five mortality rate, child stunting, out-of-school children and youth, child labour, child marriage, adolescent birth rate, child homicide rate and population displaced by conflict.[4][5]
The Ministry is headed by theMinister for Social and Family Development, who is appointed as part of theCabinet of Singapore.
| Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet | ||
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 | Chan Chun Sing[a][6] MP forTanjong Pagar GRC (born 1969) | 1 November 2012 | 31 August 2013 | PAP | Lee H. III | |
| 1 September 2013 | 9 April 2015 | |||||
 | Tan Chuan-Jin[7] MP forMarine Parade GRC (born 1969) | 9 April 2015 | 10 September 2017 | PAP | ||
| Lee H. IV | ||||||
 | Desmond Lee[8] MP forJurong GRC (born 1976) | 11 September 2017 | 26 July 2020 | PAP | ||
.jpg) | Masagos Zulkifli[9] MP forTampines GRC (born 1963) | 27 July 2020 | Incumbent | PAP | Lee H. V | |
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| Wong II | ||||||
