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Ministry of Communications and Information (Singapore)

Ministry of Communications and Information
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Logo of MCI
Agency overview
Formed 28 November 1990 (1990-11-28)
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA)
Jurisdiction Government of Singapore
Headquarters 140 Hill Street #01-01A, Old Hill Street Police Station, Singapore 179369
Employees 364
Annual budget $706.81 millionSGD (2014)
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • Gabriel Lim, Permanent Secretary
  • Tan Li San, Deputy Secretary
  • Janadas Devan, Chief of Government Communications
Child agencies
Website www.mci.gov.sg

Coordinates: 1°17′26.61″N 103°50′53.31″E / 1.2907250°N 103.8481417°E / 1.2907250; 103.8481417

The Ministry of Communications and Information (Abbreviation: MCI; Malay: Kementerian Perhubungan dan Penerangan; Chinese: 通讯及新闻部) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore. It is in charge of information and communications technology, the media and design sectors, public libraries, as well as the Government's information and public communication policies.

On 5 June 1959, the Ministry of Culture came into being with the swearing-in and appointments of ministers of the new Government of Singapore. On 1 February 1980, the Broadcasting Division of the Ministry of Culture became a statutory board, the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation.

1985 saw the dissolution of the Ministry of Culture. Its Information Division came under the new Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). Its arts promotion component was assimilated into the Ministry of Community Development (MCD) as the Cultural Affairs Division.

Five years later, on 28 November 1990, the Information Division of the MCI and the Cultural Affairs Division of MCD, together with other associated departments and statutory boards, reunited to form the Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA).


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