Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources

Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
Agency overview
Formed	1972
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	40 Scotts Road, #24-00 Environment Building, Singapore 228231
Employees	115 [1]
Annual budget	$998million SGD (2010)[1]
Ministers responsible	Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister Grace Fu Hai Yien, Senior Minister of State
Agency executive	Desmond Kuek, Permanent Secretary
Child agencies	National Environment Agency Public Utilities Board
Website
mewr.gov.sg

Environment Building on Scotts Road, headquarters of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

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.

Ministers

Minister	Term
Lim Kim San	1972 - 1975 (Minister for the Environment)
Edmund William Barker	1975 - 1979 (Minister for the Environment)
Lim Kim San	1979 - 1981 (Minister for the Environment)
Ong Pang Boon	1981 - 1985 (Minister for the Environment)
Dr. Ahmad Mattar	1985 - 1995 (Minister for the Environment)
Mah Bow Tan	July 1993 - April 1995 (Minister for the Environment)
Teo Chee Hean	April 1995 - January 1996 (Acting Minister for the Environment); January 1996 - January 1997 (Minister for the Environment)
Lim Swee Say	October 2000 - November 2001 (Acting Minister for the Environment); November 2001 - 12 August 2004 (Minister for the Environment)
Yaacob Ibrahim	12 August 2004 - 20 May 2011
Vivian Balakrishnan	21 May 2011 to date

See also

• National Environment Agency
• Public Utilities Board
• Organisations of the Singapore Government
• Statutory boards of the Singapore Government

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Head L: Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources" (PDF). Budget 2010: Revenue and Expenditure Estimates. Ministry of Finance. 2010-02. http://www.mof.gov.sg/budget_2010/revenue_expenditure/attachment/18%20MEWR%20EE2010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-14. 

External links

• Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources Official website