Ministry of Transport
Agency overview
Formed23 November 2001; 22 years ago (2001-11-23)
Preceding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters460 Alexandra Road, #33-00 mTower, Singapore 119963
MottoConnecting People and Possibilities
EmployeesMOT Family: 8,825, MOT: 181 (March 2023)
Annual budgetDecrease S$10.68 billion (2019)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • Loh Ngai Seng,
    Permanent Secretary
  • Lai Wei Lin,
    Permanent Secretary (Transport Development)
  • Lim Zhi Jian,
    Deputy Secretary (Land and Corporate)
  • Yee Ping Yi,
    Deputy Secretary (Strategy, Sustainability & Technology)
Child agencies
Websitewww.mot.gov.sg

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 Communications 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 seven divisions with staff strength of slightly more than 180 staff. These are Air Transport Division, Land Transport Division, Sea Transport Division, International Relations and Security Division, Corporate Communications Division, Corporate Development Division and the Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore (AAIB).[3][4]

Statutory Boards

Ministers

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Transport, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The minister is MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC Chee Hong Tat 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[5]
MP for Sembawang GRC
(born 1952) 		1 October
2015 		28 February
2019 		PAP Lee H. IV
Vivian Balakrishnan[6]
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[7]
MP for Sembawang GRC
(born 1969) 		27 July
2020 		14 May
2021 		PAP Lee H. V
S. Iswaran
MP for West Coast GRC
(born 1962)
On leave from 12 July 2023[8] 		15 May
2021 		18 January
2024 		PAP
Chee Hong Tat
MP for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC
(born 1973)
Acting until 18 January 2024[9] 		18 January
2024 		Incumbent PAP

See also

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. ^ "Search for QZ8501: Indonesia accepts Singapore's offer of specialists, equipment". Mediacorp News Group. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Organisational Structure". Ministry of Transport. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Timeline: Iswaran's 6 months - from start of graft probe to pleading not guilty and resigning". CNA. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Iswaran resigns as minister, MP and PAP member after charges for corruption". Channel News Asia. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

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