Ministry of Transport (Singapore)

Ministry of Transport
Agency overview
Logo of the MOT
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	460 Alexandra Road, #39-00 & #33-00 Storeys PSA Building, Singapore 119963
Employees	129 (2015 est.)^[1]
Annual budget	$10.85 billion SGD (2015 est.)^[1]
Ministers responsible	Khaw Boon Wan, Minister Ng Chee Meng, 2nd Minister Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State
Agency executives	Pang Kin Keong, Permanent Secretary Lee Chuan Teck, Deputy Secretary (Land and Corporate) Calvin Phua, Deputy Secretary (International)
Child agencies	Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Land Transport Authority Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Public Transport Council
Website	www.mot.gov.sg

The Ministry of Transport (Abbreviation: MOT; Malay: Kementerian Pengangkutan; Chinese: 交通部; Tamil: போக்குவரத்து அமைச்சு) is a ministry in the Government of Singapore that administers and regulates land, sea and air transportation within the republic’s jurisdiction. Its head office is in the PSA Building.^[2]

Organisation structure

Currently, the ministry regulates and commissions 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 100 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]

Awards

MOT was awarded the ISO 9002 certification on 19 June 2000 for organisational excellence; it was also the recipient of the People Developer Award in October 2001 and it achieved Singapore Quality Class status in October 2003.

Minister for Transport

Years in Office	Minister	Remarks
1968 - 1978	Yong Nyuk Lin	Minister for Communications
1978 - 1985	Ong Teng Cheong	Minister for Communications
1985 - 1990	Yeo Ning Hong	Minister for Communications and Information
1990 - 1999	Mah Bow Tan	Minister for Communications
1999 - 2001	Yeo Cheow Tong	Minister for Communications and Information Technology
2001 - 2006	Yeo Cheow Tong	Minister for Transport
2006 - 2011	Raymond Lim	Minister for Transport
2011 - 2015	Lui Tuck Yew	Minister for Transport
2015 -	Khaw Boon Wan	Minister for Transport and Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure

References

1 2 "Head W: Ministry of Transport" (PDF). Budget 2015. Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
↑ "Contact us." Ministry of Transport. Retrieved on 15 February 2012." 460, Alexandra Road, PSA Building, #33-00 Singapore 119963"
↑ "Search for QZ8501: Indonesia accepts Singapore's offer of specialists, equipment". Mediacorp News Group. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ "Organisational Structure". Ministry of Transport. Retrieved 2012-03-12.

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