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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA; Malay: Kementerian Ehwal Dalam Negeri; Chinese: 内政部; Tamil: உள்துறை அமைச்சு), sometimes referred to as the Home Team, is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for overseeing the national security, public security, civil defence, border control and immigration of Singapore.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemical, biohazards , and airborne particulate matter .
Agency overview; Formed: 1955; 70 years ago () Jurisdiction: Government of Singapore: Headquarters: 16 College Road, College of Medicine Building, Singapore 169854: Motto: Championing a Healthy Nation: Employees: 1,573 (2018) [1] Annual budget: S$11.72 billion (2019) [1] Ministers responsible
A further 170,000 boxes of face masks, 1,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE), 200 pairs of goggles, hand sanitisers and surgical masks were delivered by China to the Sabah state government on 30 March. [30] Another 20,000 surgical masks destined for Sabah's healthcare frontliner workers were delivered in early April. [31]
MINDEF has one statutory board, the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA). The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), which consists of the Singapore Army, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), and the Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS), is a military component of MINDEF. [3]
Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Defence of the Government of Singapore. DSTA is responsible for performing acquisitions management, systems management, systems development for the Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).
[37] [38] The Singapore Government also stockpiles essential supplies of food, medication and personal protective equipment, [39] [35] in addition to pursuing secondary supply chains, so as to offset potential disruptions. [40] [41] The conservation of essential resources including water is placed under economic defence. [37] [42]
The MSO was set up on 1 October 2014 to improve the Government's overall coordination and delivery of municipal services. [2]The MSO is part of the Government's on-going efforts to improve the delivery of municipal services by various public agencies in Singapore.