Ministry of Transport (Singapore)

Ministry of Transport

Agency overview
Formed	23 November 2001; 23 years ago (2001-11-23)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	460 Alexandra Road, #33-00 mTower, Singapore 119963
Motto	Connecting People and Possibilities
Annual budget	S$10.68 billion (2019)[1]
Ministers responsible	Chee Hong Tat, Minister Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State Murali Pillai, Minister of State Baey Yam Keng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary
Agency executive	Lau Peet Meng, Permanent Secretary Lim Zhi Jian, Deputy Secretary (Land and Corporate) Yee Ping Yi, Deputy Secretary (Strategy, Sustainability & Technology)
Child agencies	Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Land Transport Authority Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Public Transport Council
Agency ID	T08GA0023K

The Ministry of Transport (MOT; Malay: Kementerian Pengangkutan; Chinese: 交通部; Tamil: போக்குவரத்து அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the administration and regulation of land, sea and air transportation in Singapore.

History

The Ministry of Transport was formed on 23 November 2001 out of the then Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Its previous portfolio of information technology and telecommunications were then transferred to the then Ministry of Information, Communications and The Arts, now known as the Ministry of Digital Development and Information.^[2]

Organisational structure

Currently, the ministry commissions and regulates four individual government statutory boards: the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the Land Transport Authority (LTA), the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Public Transport Council (PTC), which implement the ministry’s policies and tactical directions.

The Ministry has ten divisions with staff strength of nearly 200 staff. These are Air Hub Division, Aviation Relations and System Division, Public Transport Division, Private and Future Mobility Division, Sea Transport Division, International Relations and Security Division, Corporate Communications Division, Corporate Development Division, MOT Technology Office and the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore (TSIB).

Statutory Boards

• Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
• Land Transport Authority
• Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
• Public Transport Council

Ministers

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Transport, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The minister is Mr Chee Hong Tat, MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC from the People's Action Party.

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Party		Cabinet
Minister for Communications (1968–1985)
	Yong Nyuk Lin MP for Geylang West (1918–2012)	16 April 1968	31 July 1975		PAP	Lee K. III
						Lee K. IV
	Lim Kim San MP for Cairnhill (1916–2006)	1 August 1975	30 June 1978		PAP
						Lee K. V
	Ong Teng Cheong MP for Cairnhill (1936–2002)	1 July 1978	8 May 1983		PAP
						Lee K. VI
	Ong Pang Boon MP for Telok Ayer (born 1929)	9 May 1983	6 September 1983		PAP
	Yeo Ning Hong MP for Kim Seng (born 1943) Interim	7 September 1983	1 January 1985		PAP
Minister for Communications and Information (1985–1990)
	Yeo Ning Hong MP for Kim Seng SMC (born 1943)	2 January 1985	27 November 1990		PAP	Lee K. VII
						Lee K. VIII
Minister for Communications (1990–1999)
	Yeo Ning Hong MP for Kim Seng SMC (born 1943)	28 November 1990	30 June 1991		PAP	Goh I
	Mah Bow Tan MP for Tampines GRC (born 1948) Interim until 31 August 1991	1 July 1991	2 June 1999		PAP
						Goh II
						Goh III
Minister for Communications and Information Technology (1999–2001)
	Yeo Cheow Tong MP for Hong Kah GRC (born 1947)	3 June 1999	22 November 2001		PAP	Goh III
Minister for Transport (from 2001)
	Yeo Cheow Tong MP for Hong Kah GRC (born 1947)	23 November 2001	29 May 2006		PAP	Goh IV
						Lee H. I
	Raymond Lim MP for East Coast GRC (born 1959)	30 May 2006	20 May 2011		PAP	Lee H. II
	Lui Tuck Yew MP for Moulmein–Kallang GRC (born 1961)	21 May 2011	30 September 2015		PAP	Lee H. III
	Khaw Boon Wan[3] MP for Sembawang GRC (born 1952)	1 October 2015	28 February 2019		PAP	Lee H. IV
	Vivian Balakrishnan[4] MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC (born 1961) Acting until 5 April 2019	28 February 2019	5 April 2019		PAP	Lee H. IV
	Khaw Boon Wan MP for Sembawang GRC (born 1952)	6 April 2019	26 July 2020			Lee H. IV
	Ong Ye Kung[5] MP for Sembawang GRC (born 1969)	27 July 2020	14 May 2021		PAP	Lee H. V
	S. Iswaran ex - MP for West Coast GRC (born 1962) On leave from 12 July 2023[6]	15 May 2021	18 January 2024		PAP
	Chee Hong Tat MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (born 1973) Acting until 17 January 2024[7]	18 January 2024	Incumbent		PAP	Lee H. V
						Wong L. I

See also

• Ministry of Transport

References

1. "Singapore Budget" (PDF).
2. "MOT Singapore – Heritage". www.mot.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
3. Ong, Justin (28 September 2015). "Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore's new Cabinet". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
4. Ng, Huiwen; Lim, Adrian (25 February 2019). "Khaw Boon Wan breaks arm in fall; Vivian Balakrishnan to act as Transport Minister". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
5. Mahmud, Aqil Haziq (25 July 2020). "PM Lee announces new Cabinet; 6 office holders promoted, 3 retirements". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
6. "Timeline: Iswaran's 6 months - from start of graft probe to pleading not guilty and resigning". CNA. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
7. "Iswaran resigns as minister, MP and PAP member after charges for corruption". Channel News Asia. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

External links

• Official website