Sport Singapore (SportSG) is a
statutory board under the
Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of the
Government of Singapore
The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of Singapore to mean the executive branch of the state, which is made up of the president and the Cabinet. Although the president acts in their personal discretion in the exercis ...
. It is the lead agency tasked with developing a holistic sports culture for the nation.
History
Sport Singapore was founded on 1 October 1973 as the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), through the merger of the National Sports Promotion Board (NSPB) and the National Stadium Corporation (NSC). On 1 April 2014, the SSC was renamed Sport Singapore in a rebranding exercise.
Safe Sport Commission
In 2019, the
SafeSport
The United States Center for SafeSport is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2017 under the auspices of the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017. SafeSport is tasked with a ...
Commission was set up by Sport Singapore in partnership with the
Ministry of Social and Family Development, the
Singapore Police Force
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal Police, law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in the Republic of Singapore. It is the country's lead agency against organised crime; huma ...
, and the
Singapore Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education (MOE; ms, Kementerian Pendidikan; zh, 教育部; ta, கல்வி அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to th ...
in 2019 to clamp down on the abuse and harassment of athletes in sport.
See also
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Singapore Sports Hub
The Singapore Sports Hub ( Chinese: 新加坡体育城; Malay: Hab Sukan Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் விளையாட்டு மையம்) is a sports and recreation district in Kallang, Singapore. The Sport ...
References
External links
Official site of Sport Singapore
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Statutory boards of the Singapore Government
Sport in Singapore
2014 establishments in Singapore
Government agencies established in 2014