# Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) was a ministry of the Government of Singapore tasked with building a "cohesive and resilient" society in Singapore.
On 1 November 2012, the MCYS was restructured and became the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). Several portfolios such as Youth Development and Sports was shifted to a new Ministry, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY).

## Responsibilities

The MCYS pursues social engineering campaigns of varying effectiveness. However, it also tries to encourage widespread youth participation, constructive social activity such as sport and volunteerism. It also tries to encourage acceptance of individual differences among youth.
MCYS has produced various campaigns to address issues such as filial piety to parents and the falling birthrate. Its three-minute short film promoting filial piety, in using more subtle and indirect artistic techniques compared to previous decades' campaigns, found local critical success and won MediaCorp's Viewer's Choice gold award and caused the page "Filial Piety" to receive over 40,000 likes on Facebook.
The MCYS seeks to make Singaporeans "socially responsible individuals", create "inspired and committed Youth" and is a ministry explicitly devoted towards family values ("strong and stable families"). It also seeks to create a "caring and active community" and to promote healthy, sportful lifestyles. It wishes to promote integration of people with disabilities into wider society, and prevent "youths-at-risk" from falling into juvenile delinquency. It also tries to encourage seniors to practice "active aging".

## National Campaigns

* "Filial Piety" in 2010
* "A Girl's Hope" in 2010
* "Beautifully Imperfect" in 2009
* "Family" in 2008
* "Excuses" in 2008

## Ministers

The Ministry was previously led by the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, who was appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore.
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Party | Cabinet |
| Minister for Community Development (1985–2000) |||||||
| | S. Dhanabalan MP for Kallang (born 1937) | 2 January 1985 | 17 February 1986 | PAP | Lee K. VII |
| | Wong Kan Seng MP for Kuo Chuan (born 1946) Interim until 31 December 1986 | 18 February 1986 | 30 June 1991 | PAP | Lee K. VII |
| | Wong Kan Seng MP for Kuo Chuan (born 1946) Interim until 31 December 1986 | 18 February 1986 | 30 June 1991 | PAP | Lee K. VIII |
| | Wong Kan Seng MP for Kuo Chuan (born 1946) Interim until 31 December 1986 | 18 February 1986 | 30 June 1991 | PAP | Goh I |
| | Seet Ai Mee MP for Bukit Gombak SMC (born 1943) Interim | 1 July 1991 | 31 August 1991 | PAP | Goh I |
| | Yeo Cheow Tong MP for Hong Kah GRC (born 1947) | 7 September 1991 | 1 January 1994 | PAP | Goh II |
| | Abdullah Tarmugi MP for Bedok GRC (until 1996) MP for East Coast GRC (from 1997) (born 1944) Interim until 14 January 1996 | 2 January 1994 | 31 March 2000 | PAP | Goh II |
| | Abdullah Tarmugi MP for Bedok GRC (until 1996) MP for East Coast GRC (from 1997) (born 1944) Interim until 14 January 1996 | 2 January 1994 | 31 March 2000 | PAP | Goh III |
| Minister for Community Development and Sports (2000–2004) |||||||
| | Abdullah Tarmugi MP for East Coast GRC (born 1944) | 1 April 2000 | 24 March 2002 | PAP | Goh III |
| | Abdullah Tarmugi MP for East Coast GRC (born 1944) | 1 April 2000 | 24 March 2002 | PAP | Goh IV |
| | Yaacob Ibrahim MP for Jalan Besar GRC (born 1955) Interim until 11 May 2003 | 25 March 2002 | 11 August 2004 | PAP | Goh IV |
| Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports (2004–2012) |||||||
| | Vivian Balakrishnan MP for Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC (until 2006) MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC (from 2006) (born 1961) Interim until 31 March 2005 | 12 August 2004 | 20 May 2011 | PAP | Lee H. I |
| | Vivian Balakrishnan MP for Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC (until 2006) MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC (from 2006) (born 1961) Interim until 31 March 2005 | 12 August 2004 | 20 May 2011 | PAP | Lee H. II |
| | Chan Chun Sing MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC (born 1969) Interim | 21 May 2011 | 31 October 2012 | PAP | Lee H. III |