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4 unusual facts about Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports


Population control in Singapore

Some of the social welfare, dating and marriage encouragement, and family planning policies are also managed by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.

Yasmin Ahmad

In Singapore, Yasmin is best known for the pro-family commercials she did for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.

Yu-Foo Yee Shoon

In August 2004, Yu-Foo was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS).

Her political appointments included Mayor of South West District of Singapore and Minister of State at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.


Cabinet of Singapore

Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing, both elected to Parliament for the first time, were respectively assigned the posts of Minister for Education, and Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports.

Deputy Ministers of Tanzania

Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children

Hindu Endowments Board

The Hindu Endowments Board (Abbreviation: HEB) is a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS).

Inter-racial and religious confidence circle

On 13 January 2007, speaking at a forum for chairmen and members of IRCCs, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, challenged IRCCs to recruit more ethnic and religious leaders and build informal ties with cultural groups so that the confidence circles would be more representative of the ethnic and religious composition of their constituencies.

Wang Yuegu

At a victory celebration in Singapore on 25 August, Vivian Balakrishnan, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, announced that Wang, Feng and Li would be presented with the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal).


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