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36-776: The legal service is an autonomous part of the Singapore Public Service. The employment of LSOs is the responsibility of the service alone, and is independent of the Civil Service of Singapore . The Legal Service Commission, established under Article 111 of the Singapore Constitution, controls the appointment, dismissal, and disciplinary action of members of the Service. There were 307 Legal Service Officers as of 31 December 2008—about 10% of Singapore's practising lawyers. The current president of

72-429: A Cabinet reshuffle on 15 May 2021, Chan was succeeded by Gan Kim Yong as Minister for Trade and Industry. Following a Cabinet reshuffle on 15 May 2021, Chan succeeded Lawrence Wong as Minister for Education . On 19 July 2021, Chan visited River Valley High School, Singapore in response to an attack conducted by a student earlier during the day. and a week later, Chan gave a Ministerial Statement in response to

108-415: A Facebook post apologising for his gaffe and clarified: "To any one (especially young children) watching the video – cotton definitely doesn't come from sheep, it comes from cotton plants!". Another audio leak happened two days before the 2020 general election . In early July 2020, The Online Citizen published an article along with an audio clip of a speech made by Chan. In the audio clip, Chan mentioned

144-399: A Teaching & Learning Resources Grant of up to S$ 4,000 per year for materials and equipment. During a Parliament session in 2017, responding to a raised question, he replied that there will be no change to an existing policy, that single mothers will continue to get only eight of the 16 weeks paid maternity leave that married mothers are entitled to, and will still not be entitled to claim

180-748: A child relief tax incentive. Chan held the position of Minister in the Prime Minister's Office ( minister without portfolio ) from 9 April 2015 to 30 April 2018. He was also Secretary General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) from 4 May 2015 to 30 April 2018. On 24 April 2018, it was announced that Chan would succeed Lim Hng Kiang and S. Iswaran as the Minister for Trade and Industry , and would relinquish his NTUC chief portfolio to Ng Chee Meng , effective from 1 May 2018. He also took over responsibility for

216-709: A corresponding number. The top civil service grades are grades 1 to 4, upon which ministerial salary is also pegged. Civil servants comprise four divisions: I (administrative and professional); II (management executives (MX)); III (Technical Support Scheme, Corporate Support Scheme, and Management Support Scheme); and IV (the Operations Support Scheme (OSS): manual workers and other unskilled labour ). Division I employees are divided into Staff, Superscale and Timescale grades, in order of seniority, with superscale employees consisting of permanent secretaries and directors as well as their deputies. In 2017,

252-1182: A first class degree in economics . He was subsequently awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to pursue a Master of Business Administration degree under the Sloan Fellows programme at the MIT Sloan School of Management , which he completed in 2005. Chan enlisted into the Singapore Army in 1987, and attained the rank Major-General before entering politics in 2011. He has held several appointments and this include: Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment between 1998 and 2000; Army Attaché in Jakarta between 2001 and 2003; Commander, 10th Singapore Infantry Brigade between 2003 and 2004; Head, Joint Plans and Transformation Department between 2005 and 2007; Commander, 9th Division and Chief Infantry Officer between 2007 and 2009; and Chief of Staff – Joint Staff between 2009 and 2010. Chan excelled as

288-504: A high pay is necessary to prevent corruption, attrition, and the influence of outside money in the public service, as well as to attract talent from the private sector. Civil servants need to declare casino visitation within a week if they went to 2 local casinos more than four times a month, or if they have bought an annual entry pass. Chan Chun Sing Chan Chun Sing ( Chinese : 陈振声 ; Jyutping : Can4 Zan3 Sing1 ; pinyin : Chén Zhènshēng ; born 9 October 1969)

324-665: A ministry is known as the permanent secretary . Permanent secretaries in each ministry used to be permanent in their postings. The current practice is to rotate them in various ministries every few years. The highest-ranking civil servant in Singapore is the Head of the Civil Service. The incumbent Head of the Civil Service is Leo Yip, who took office in September 2017. He also holds the position of Permanent Secretary at both

360-797: A part-time basis; He was appointed as NTUC's deputy secretary-general on 27 January 2015 and joined NTUC full-time from April 2015. On 1 October 2015, following the 2015 general election , Chan was appointed Deputy Chairman of the People's Association , a role which he held till 2021 before relinquishing it to Edwin Tong . In the same year, Chan was put in charge of leading the PAP team in Tanjong Pagar GRC after Lee Kuan Yew died in March 2015. On 23 November 2018, Chan succeeded Tharman Shanmugaratnam as

396-593: A rally to engage the crowd, and the term became a nickname for him. Following the 2011 general election, Chan was appointed Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports , and Minister of State for Communications and the Arts . Chan, then 42, was one of the youngest ministers to be appointed to the Cabinet . On 31 July 2012, Chan relinquished his portfolio in the Ministry of Information, Communications and

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432-667: A student at the United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1998, and was the first foreign student to be conferred the Distinguished Master Strategist Award in the same year. On 26 March 2010, Chan was appointed Chief of Army . He stepped down from his post and left the Singapore Armed Forces on 25 March 2011 in order to contest in the 2011 general election . Chan made his political debut in

468-410: A video interview in which he sought to explain why Singapore was heavily reliant on foreign trade. He cited face masks as an example of a product which Singapore could not produce itself, explaining that "[we] don't have too many sheep in Singapore to produce cotton". Online commentators were quick to point out that cotton is produced by cotton plants rather than from sheep. On 1 June 2020, Chan published

504-497: Is Chan Chun Sing . Chan is serving concurrently as Minister with the Ministry of Education (Singapore) . The salary of civil servants is organised into grades , with employees also being entitled to bonuses. The salary of Members of Parliament (MPs), Cabinet ministers, judges, the attorney-general, speaker, and auditor general are also based upon this scale. Salary grades generally begin with one or two letters, and end with

540-637: Is a Singaporean politician and former major-general who has been serving as Minister for Education since 2021 and Minister-in-charge of Public Service since 2018. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Buona Vista division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2011. A recipient of the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship , Chan started his career in

576-400: Is also considered a key contributor to the success of Singapore since its independence. Other commentators have argued that the persisting dominance of the People's Action Party (PAP) on the civil service has led to complacency and groupthink , with the supporting ministries being resistant to alternative views and fundamentally unprepared for a change of government. The Civil Service

612-422: Is done only for ministers, "to reflect the ethos of sacrifice that political service involves", and does not apply to civil servants. The salaries of high-ranking civil servants in Singapore are some of the highest in the world, and are pegged to the salaries of the top-earning Singaporeans. This has led to some criticising the government for overpaying its employees. In response, the government has maintained that

648-589: Is fluent in three of the four official languages of Singapore namely English , Mandarin and Malay , in addition to his native ethnic Chinese dialect of Cantonese . He is also a fan of Everton F.C. Chan attended Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College . Being one of the four top scorers from Raffles Junior College in the A-Level examination in 1987, Chan was awarded the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1988. He graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge with

684-551: The 2011 general election as part of the five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team led by Lee Kuan Yew contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC . He represented the Buona Vista ward, which was previously held by Lim Swee Say . The PAP team won by an uncontested walkover as none of the opposition parties contested Tanjong Pagar GRC. During the election campaign, Chan used the Hokkien phrase " kee chiu " ("hands up") at

720-632: The River Valley High School attack which had happened just a week prior. Chan also announced the removal of Common Last Topics from the GCE N, O and A-Levels, and some topics from the final year examinations "to help ease stress" as well as a proposed buddy system to be implemented in schools later on. On 5 August 2024, it was announced that the Ministry of Education would be removing the application, Mobile Guardian, from all students’ Personal Learning Devices (PLDs) which were installed with

756-593: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), statutory boards , and other independent government bodies, the civil service makes up the overall public service of Singapore. As of 2022, the civil service has about 87,000 employees. Thomas Friedman of The New York Times considers the Singapore Civil Service to be one of the most efficient and uncorrupt bureaucracies in the world, with a high standard of discipline and accountability. It

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792-400: The Singapore Army under the Singapore Armed Forces in 1987 and held various staff and command positions, and attained the rank Major-General . He served as Chief of Army between 2010 and 2011. He left the Singapore Armed Forces to contest in the 2011 general election . During the 2011 general election , he contested as part of a five-member PAP team in Tanjong Pagar GRC and won, he

828-460: The Arts between 2011 and 2012. He also served as the party whip between 2015 and 2019. Chan grew up in a single-parent household. His mother, Kwong Kait Fong, was a machine operator and he has a sister, Chan Siew Yin. He lived in a three-room HDB flat in MacPherson with his mother, grandparents, aunt and sister until he was 30 years old. Chan is married with a daughter and two sons. He

864-481: The Arts and was appointed Senior Minister of State for Defence . Following a restructuring of government ministries in November 2012, he began heading the newly created Ministry of Social and Family Development as Acting Minister. He was promoted to full Minister in September 2013, and concurrently served as Second Minister for Defence. On 23 January 2015, Chan joined the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) on

900-449: The Civil Service for a number of years on a bond , usually ranging from 4 to 6 years. Scholars must repay the bond if they choose to resign from the Civil Service before the completion of their mandated service. Many scholars who have remained in government have gone on to hold senior positions. Many Singaporean ministers are also drawn from the Civil Service, particularly from government scholars. The highest-ranking civil servant within

936-505: The MPs and the speaker of Parliament , are ratios of the MR4 salary. While new ministers salaries start off at the MR4 grade, the prime minister may increase a minister's pay grade at his discretion. While the salaries of political leaders are generally fixed upon the pay grades, the salaries of civil servants may vary greatly. For example, the MR4 discount of being only 60% of the median top salary

972-479: The PAP's Second Assistant Secretary-General (alongside Heng Swee Keat ). In the lead-up to the 2020 general election , Chan was widely seen as one of the three leading candidates (alongside Heng and Ong Ye Kung ) to succeed Lee Hsien Loong as Prime Minister of Singapore . Chan has announced three key priorities for his Ministry in the Committee of Supply debate 2014. These priorities are: (i) to maintain

1008-487: The PAP's results during elections and the restricting space access north of Seletar Airport . Chan later wrote on Facebook that the speech took place in 2019 at a closed-door conversation held after Malaysia imposing a restricted flying zone north of Seletar Airport. He claimed that the audio clip was leaked and circulated for "ill-intent". Following the General Election, Chan retained his portfolio. Following

1044-485: The Public Service Division on the same day as well. An audio leak from a closed-door meeting between Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) members and minister Chan Chun Sing on 18 February 2020 revealed that Chan had used the derogatory hokkien term "sia suay" (meaning causing embarrassment or disgrace) to describe Singaporeans who were panic buying. In late May 2020, Chan gave

1080-611: The Strategy Group, and National Security and Intelligence Coordination (NSIC) under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The Singapore Government also appoints a cabinet minister to take charge of the operational responsibilities in the public service division and its integrity of the service, where the minister is duly liable to the Parliament of Singapore as well. The current minister appointed to this designation

1116-465: The app as a precaution following an incident on 4 August where 13 000 students from 26 schools had their devices wiped remotely by a perpetrator as part of a cybersecurity breach into Mobile Guardian. Subsequently, MOE terminated their contract with Mobile Guardian on 9 September. This follows a data breach incident in April where data of students and parents from 127 schools were compromised. As well as

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1152-803: The currency and adequacy of Singapore's social support policies, (ii) to deliver integrated social services and (iii) to develop manpower for the social service sector. Chan launched the first of 23 Social Service Offices to bring social assistance touch points closer to the populace. The tender evaluation process was revised for commercial childcare centres. The joint effort by Early Childhood Development Agency and Housing Development Board aimed to keep rental costs in HDB estates manageable, and in turn keep childcare programmes affordable. More infrastructure support to benefit non-Anchor Operators (AOP) setting up preschools in high demand areas and workplaces. Non-AOPs who provide quality and affordable programmes can tap on

1188-431: The formal divisional categories were abolished. For most civil servants, the pay scale consists of ranges rather than specific fixed salaries, and the actual salaries of civil servants can vary widely depending on performance and other factors. (departmental services, statutory boards) (approx., SGD) (approx., SGD) (approx., SGD) (approx., SGD) (approx., SGD) The salaries of political appointments, such as

1224-537: The legal service is Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon. This article about law in Asia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Singaporean organisation article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Singapore Civil Service [REDACTED] The Singapore Civil Service is the bureaucracy of civil servants that supports the Government of Singapore . Along with

1260-462: Was elected as a Member of Parliament . Before becoming the Minister of Education, he served as Minister for Trade and Industry from 2018 to 2021, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2015 and 2018, Senior Minister of State for Defence between 2012 and 2013, Minister for Social and Family Development between 2012 and 2015, and Minister of State for Information, Communications and

1296-621: Was inherited from the British system. Since Singapore's independence in 1965, the Civil Service has been closely tied with the governing People's Action Party (PAP). One of the ways by which the service recruits Singaporeans is through the competitive Public Service Commission (PSC) Scholarship. These full-ride scholarships are awarded to prospective undergraduate and post-graduate students based on their academic performance and extra-curricular activities; they are not need-based scholarships. Upon graduation, PSC Scholars are mandated to work in

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