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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. [2]
The National Jobs Council (NJC) is a 17-member high-level council aimed at job creation and training. [1] Formed in 2020 by the Singapore Government, the mission of the National Jobs Council is to identify and develop job opportunities and skills training for Singaporeans during the COVID-19 pandemic; [2] it supports the "whole-of-nation approach" to preserve existing jobs and match ...
Workforce Singapore (WSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower of the Government of Singapore.. During the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when many Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents lost their jobs due to the closure of businesses, Workforce Singapore played a vital part in career-coaching the people of Singapore into transitioning into essential industries.
The Singapore order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Government of Singapore. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a national nature. The official list was gazetted in 1967. [1]
A CIA officer working under the cover of an embassy First Secretary was declared persona-non-grata and expelled from Singapore. Lee was personally offered with US$3.3 million to him and his political party, People's Action Party , to cover up the matter but he rejected it and demanded US$33 million in economic aid instead.
Some IAS officers are also recruited from the state civil services, [3] and, in rare cases, selected from non-state civil service. [3] The ratio between direct recruits and promotees is fixed at 2:1. All IAS officers, regardless of the mode of entry, are appointed by the President of India. [18]
Position Rank and name Photo Date of rank Vocation Decorations Service branch Ref Chief of Defence Force (CDF) Vice Admiral Aaron Beng Yao Cheng: 1 July 2023 [a] Naval Officer PPA(E), PPA(G) Republic of Singapore Navy [1] Chief of Army (COA) Major-General David Neo Chin Wee: 1 July 2022 [b] Commandos: PPA(E) (COVID-19), PPA(E), PPA(G), PBS ...
The Government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore. Ministries are led by a member of the Cabinet and deal with state matters that require direct political oversight.