Press Releases

​Senior Parliamentary Secretary Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim affirmed importance of social protection for women and girls at 3rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women in Hanoi, Vietnam

Response to Oxfam's CRI Index 2018

MSF provided $131 million in ComCare cash assistance to about 79,500 beneficiaries in FY2017. The total number of households assisted by ComCare has generally increased across the different schemes over the past five years.​

​Minister for Social and Family Development Mr Desmond Lee chaired the 20th Meeting of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council on 3 October 2018 in Singapore.

​Minister Desmond Lee shared the broad areas that the inter-agency committee tasked to Review and Enhance Reforms in the Family Justice System (RERF) has been studying and will be consulting stakeholders on.

​Eighteen dedicated early childhood educators and preschools will receive the ECDA Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Development from Mr Desmond Lee, Minister for Social and Family Development on Friday, 5 October 2018 at the Early Childhood Conference.

​At the High-Level Policy Dialogue of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Women and the Economy Forum, A/Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim reiterated Singapore's commitment to the advancement of all women and girls. 

​Parents in Sengkang and Punggol can look forward to more quality and affordable preschool places, as five new large child care centres are set to open over the next two years.

​The Registry of Civil Marriages and the Registry of Muslim Marriages are co-organising the Golden Jubilee Wedding Celebrations 2019, and would like to invite members of the public to take part or to nominate eligible couples.

​The Early Childhood Development Agency, in collaboration with Temasek Foundation Cares, will pilot an initiative in selected preschools, which will see teachers being trained to apply teaching and learning strategies under the Abecedarian Approach (AA) in the classroom.