Public Service Division

Manpower Perm Sec Ng Chee Khern to retire on Dec 1, changes to other perm sec appointments

[SINGAPORE] Manpower Permanent Secretary Ng Chee Khern will retire on Dec 1, marking an end to 41 years in the public service during a career filled with distinction.

(Clockwise from top left) Ngiam Siew Ying, Augustin Lee, Kenneth Er and Chng Kai Fong will take on new portfolios.

Singapore appoints two new second permanent secretaries, reshuffles senior civil servants

Kenneth Er named second permanent secretary (manpower) and concurrently second permanent secretary (education), while Ngiam Siew Ying will take on the role of second permanent secretary (finance)

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that the public service has to stay impartial and out of politics.

Public service must stay impartial as it renews relationship with new political leaders: SM Lee

Public servants must understand the political context in which the government functions to be effective, but cannot get embroiled in political debates, said Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday ...

An annual benefit called FlexiGrow is intended to empower civil service officers to take charge of their longer-term well being and growth.

Most civil servants to get yearly S$500 ‘well-being’ benefit; more health subsidies for all public officers

FROM October 2024, eligible civil servants will receive S$500 every year that they can use to support their health, well-being and individual growth.

In total, civil servants will receive 0.9 month in full-year bonus, or annual variable component (AVC), in 2023, while officers up to MX13(I) and equivalent will receive a total additional sum of up to S$1,200 in 2023.

Singapore civil servants to receive 0.6-month year-end bonus

All civil servants will get a 0.6-month year-end bonus, the Public Service Division (PSD) said on Monday (Nov 27).

Enterprise Singapore managing director Jeffrey Siow was principal private secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong from 2017 to 2021.

Enterprise Singapore managing director Jeffrey Siow to be Second Permanent Secretary at MOM

ENTERPRISE Singapore managing director Jeffrey Siow will be second permanent secretary at the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) from Jan 1, 2024.

The public service will reference the Ridout Road case as an additional example to reinforce the importance for public officers to act with integrity.

Public servants with privileged info to declare before renting government properties: SM Teo

To prevent conflict of interest, public servants who have access to government property leasing or valuation matters will have to make a declaration, before they can rent such properties managed by th...

About S$400 million will be spent on personal computers and printers, which are replaced about every three years.

Government to spend S$3.3 billion on infocomms technology in 2023

MORE than 100,000 personal computers and printers across Singapore’s public service are expected to be replaced in 2023, as part of the Government’s spending on info-communications technology (ICT) th...

Ravi Menon is slated to speak in his capacity as MAS managing director at the upcoming Inclusive FinTech Forum.

PSD says ‘no information’ on Menon’s reported impending departure from MAS

THE Public Service Division (PSD), a division under the Prime Minister’s Office, said it has “no information to provide” on reports that the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) chief Ravi Menon wi...