Ministry of Digital Development and Information
{{short description|Singaporean government ministry}}
{{Use Singapore English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Ministry of Digital Development and Information
| seal =
| logo = Ministry of Digital Development and Information logo.png
| logo_width = 200px
| logo_caption =
| formed = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2024|07|08}}
| preceding1 = Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA)
| preceding2 = Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI)
| dissolved =
| superseding =
| jurisdiction = Government of Singapore
| motto =
| employees = 2,651 (2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/docs/default-source/budget_2019/download/pdf/39-MCI-2019.pdf|title = Singapore Budget}}
| budget = S$1.04 billion (2019)
| headquarters = 140 Hill Street #01-01A, Old Hill Street Police Station, Singapore 179369
| minister1_name = Josephine Teo
| minister1_pfo =
Minister, Minister-in-charge of Cyber Security and Smart Nation
| minister2_name = Tan Kiat How
| minister2_pfo =
Senior Minister of State
| minister3_name = Jasmin Lau
| minister3_pfo =
Minister of State
| minister4_name = Rahayu Mahzam
| minister4_pfo =
Minister of State
| chief1_name = Joseph Leong
| chief1_position =
Permanent Secretary, Digital Development and Information
| chief2_name = Chng Kai Fong
| chief2_position =
Permanent Secretary, Information and Development
| chief3_name = Augustin Lee
| chief3_position =
Second Permanent Secretary, Smart Nation
| chief4_name = Foo Kwok Jee
| chief4_position =
Chief of Government Communications
| chief5_name = David Koh
| chief5_position =
Chief Executive of CSA and Chief of Digital Security and Technology
| chief6_name = Poon Hong Yuen
| chief6_position =
Deputy Secretary, Digital Economy and International
| chief7_name = Sim Feng Ji
| chief7_position =
Deputy Secretary, Digital Government
| chief8_name = Gwenda Fong
| chief8_position =
Deputy Secretary, Digital Society and Development
| chief9_name =
| chief9_position =
| parent_department =
| parent_agency =
| child1_agency = Cyber Security Agency
| child2_agency = Infocomm Media Development Authority
| child3_agency = National Library Board
| child4_agency = Personal Data Protection Commission
| child5_agency = REACH
| website = {{URL|mddi.gov.sg}}
| footnotes =
| agency_id = T08GA0017L
}}
{{Coord|1|17|26.61|N|103|50|53.31|E|display=title|region:SG_type:landmark}}
The Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI; {{langx|ms|Kementerian Penerangan dan Pembangunan Digital}}; {{lang-zh|数码发展及新闻部}}; {{langx|ta|தகவல், மின்னிலக்க மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சு}}) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible
for overseeing the development of the infocomm technology, media and design sectors, as well as the government's information and public communication policies. It is also responsible for maintaining the national library, national archives and public libraries.
History
File:MICA Building 13, Feb 06.JPG is currently the headquarters of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information]]
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).
On 1 September 1991, the Festival of Arts Secretariat, Singapore Cultural Foundation, the Arts Division of MITA, and the National Theatre Trust merged to form the National Arts Council (NAC).
On 1 October 1994, the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) was formed as a statutory board under MITA to oversee and promote the broadcasting industry in Singapore.{{cite web | url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=d2f3cb67-73c3-4859-8e30-9645e311d768 | title=Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) }}
On 23 November 2001, the information and communications technology (ICT) functions under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology came under MITA. The expanded Ministry was renamed the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, but retained the acronym MITA. In that year, Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) became one of MITA's statutory boards.
On 1 January 2003, the Singapore Broadcasting Authority, Singapore Films Commission and Films and Publications Department (previously under the MITA headquarters) merged to form the Media Development Authority (MDA). On 13 August 2004, the Ministry's acronym was changed from "MITA" to "MICA".
On 1 November 2012, MICA was renamed the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). The move followed the restructuring of two previous ministries – MICA and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) – into MCI, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). REACH (Reaching Everyone for Active Citizenry @ Home) was assimilated into MCI while the resilience, arts and heritage portfolios became part of MCCY. MCI oversees the development of the information and communications technology, media and design sectors, public libraries, and the Government's information and public communication policies.{{citation|author=Imelda Saad|author2=S. Ramesh|title=MCYS, MICA to be restructured to form 3 new ministries|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1216876/1/.html|publisher=Channel NewsAsia|date=31 July 2012}}
On 18 January 2016, MCI announced that the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Media Development Authority (MDA) will be restructured into two new entities: The Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Government Technology Organisation (GTO) (now Government Technology Agency; GovTech), in the second half of 2016.{{cite web|title=IDA, MDA to be restructured to capitalise on converging media and ICT landscape|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ida-mda-to-be/2433768.html|publisher=Channel NewsAsia|access-date=23 January 2016}} The new statutory boards were formed on 1 October 2016.
On 8 July 2024, MCI was renamed the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI). It aims to recognise a landscape where digital solutions will become more common.{{cite web | url=https://thesun.my/world/singapore-s-incoming-pm-lawrence-wong-unveils-cabinet-line-up-LD12448366 | title=Singapore's incoming PM Lawrence Wong unveils cabinet line-up }}
Organisational structure
MDDI has two statutory boards, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the National Library Board (NLB).
MDDI also manages the Cyber Security Agency, a national agency overseeing cybersecurity strategy, operations, education, outreach, and ecosystem development and the Personal Data Protection Commission, Singapore's primary data protection authority.
Ministers
The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Digital Development and Information, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" |
| Portrait
!Name ! width="85" | Took office ! width="85" | Left office ! colspan="2" |Party !Cabinet |
|---|
| colspan="7" |Minister for Culture (1959–1985) |
| rowspan="2" |x130px
| rowspan="2" |S. Rajaratnam | rowspan="2" |5 June | rowspan="2" |12 August | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| rowspan="2" |Lee K. II |
| |Othman Wok MP for Pasir Panjang (1924–2017) |12 August |15 April |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP |
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Jek Yeun Thong | rowspan="3" |16 April | rowspan="3" |25 September | rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="3" |PAP |
| Lee K. IV |
| rowspan="2" |Lee K. V |
| x130px
|Ong Teng Cheong |26 September |6 January |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP |
| |S. Dhanabalan MP for Kallang (born 1937) |6 January |1 January |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP |
| colspan="7" |Minister for Social Affairs (1963–1985) |
| |Othman Wok MP for Pasir Panjang (1924–2017) |19 October |30 June |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP | rowspan="3" |Lee K. V |
| |Toh Chin Chye MP for Rochore (1921–2012) Interim |1 July |4 September |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP |
| style="height:30px;"
| rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Ahmad Mattar | rowspan="2" |5 September | rowspan="2" |1 January | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| Lee K. VI |
| colspan="7" |Minister for Communications (1968–1985) |
| style="height:66px;"
| rowspan="2" |133x133px | rowspan="2" |Yong Nyuk Lin | rowspan="2" |16 April | rowspan="2" |31 July | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| rowspan="2" |Lee K. IV |
| style="height:30px;"
| rowspan="2" |File:Lim Kim San in the 1940s.jpg | rowspan="2" |Lim Kim San | rowspan="2" |1 August | rowspan="2" |30 June | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| rowspan="2" |Lee K. V |
| style="height:78px;"
| rowspan="2" |x130px | rowspan="2" |Ong Teng Cheong | rowspan="2" |1 July | rowspan="2" |8 May | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| rowspan="3" |Lee K. VI |
| |Ong Pang Boon MP for Telok Ayer (born 1929) |9 May |6 September |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP |
| |Yeo Ning Hong MP for Kim Seng (born 1943) Interim until 31 May 1984 |7 September |1 January |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP |
| colspan="7" |Minister for Communications and Information (1985–1990) |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Yeo Ning Hong | rowspan="2" |2 January | rowspan="2" |27 November | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| Lee K. VIII |
| colspan="7" |Minister for Information and the Arts (1990–2001) |
| rowspan="3" |145x145px
| rowspan="3" |George Yeo | rowspan="3" |28 November | rowspan="3" |2 June | rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="3" |PAP |
| Goh II |
| rowspan="2" |Goh III |
| |Lee Yock Suan MP for Cheng San GRC (born 1946) |3 June |22 November |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP |
| colspan="7" |Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (2001–2012) |
| |David Lim MP for Aljunied GRC Interim |23 November |11 May |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP | rowspan="2" |Goh IV |
| style="height:30px;"
| rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |Lee Boon Yang | rowspan="3" |12 May | rowspan="3" |31 March | rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="3" |PAP |
| Lee H. I |
| rowspan="2" |Lee H. II |
| 142x142px
|Lui Tuck Yew |1 April |20 May |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP |
| 148x148px
|Yaacob Ibrahim |21 May |31 October |style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |PAP |
| colspan="7" |Minister for Communications and Information (2012–2024) |
| style="height:74px;"
| rowspan="2" |148x148px | rowspan="2" |Yaacob Ibrahim | rowspan="2" |1 November | rowspan="2" |30 April | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| rowspan="2" |Lee H. IV |
| style="height:66px;"
| rowspan="2" |132x132px | rowspan="2" |S. Iswaran | rowspan="2" |1 May | rowspan="2" |14 May | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| rowspan="2" |Lee H. V |
| style="height:74px;"
| rowspan="2" |122x122px | rowspan="2" |Josephine Teo | rowspan="2" |15 May | rowspan="2" |7 July | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | | rowspan="2" |PAP |
| Wong L. I |
| colspan="7" |Minister for Digital Development and Information (from 2024) |
| style="height:74px;"
| rowspan="2" |122x122px |rowspan="2" |Josephine Teo |rowspan="2" |8 July |rowspan="2" |Incumbent |rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|People's Action Party}};" | |rowspan="2" |PAP |
| Wong L. II |
References
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External links
- [http://www.mddi.gov.sg Official website of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information]
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