Press Releases
Press Releases issued by MSF. For media enquiries, please get in touch with our Communications Division.
Vast Majority Of Preschool Staff Tested Negative In Proactive Swabs; 12 Positive Cases Mostly From Past Infections
May 28, 2020
As at 26 May 2020, over 30,000 swab tests have been conducted. So far, 12 preschool staff have tested positive.
About 15,300 preschool staff tested negative so far from proactive testing
May 23, 2020
About 15,300 preschool staff, or more than 99% of all preschool staff who have undergone testing for COVID-19 infection so far, have tested negative.
Balancing Guidance with Enforcement Key to Continued Success of Probation Orders
May 21, 2020
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) announced in its Probation and Community Rehabilitation Service (PCRS) 2019 Annual Report that 538 new Probation Orders were issued in 2019. About 83 per cent of those placed on probation were below the age of 21.
Phased Reopening of Preschools and Early Intervention Centres from 2 June 2020
May 19, 2020
On 19 May 2020, the Multi-Ministry Taskforce outlined plans to exit the Circuit Breaker measures on 1 June 2020. Preschools and Early Intervention (EI) centres will start to reopen from 2 June 2020, to allow young children to continue learning and to support parents as they return to work. The centres will reopen in phases, emphasising safety and minimising the risk of transmission.
Civil and Muslim Marriage Solemnizations and Registrations can be Conducted via Video Link During the COVID-19 Period
May 5, 2020
The COVID-19 (Temporary Measures for Solemnization and Registration of Marriages) Bill was passed in Parliament on 5 May 2020 to allow civil and Muslim marriage solemnizations and registrations to be conducted using video link.
COVID-19 Support Grant Expanded to Support More Lower- to Middle-Income Singaporeans
Apr 30, 2020
MSF will expand the COVID-19 Support Grant to cover two additional groups to support more Singapore Citizen and Permanent Resident employees who have been affected financially.
Confirmed COVID-19 case at Acacia Home
Apr 26, 2020
A 62-year-old male resident of Acacia Home (“the Home), located at Admiralty Street, has tested positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing is ongoing. Acacia Home will not take in new residents for the time being.
Temporary Closure of Learning Vision at Work Located at 1 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Apr 15, 2020
A teaching staff at Learning Vision @ Work at 1 Lower Kent Ridge Road has tested positive for COVID-19. As a precautionary measure, ECDA has directed that the Centre be temporarily closed from 16 April 2020 to 23 April 2020.
Preschool operators to provide fee offsets during circuit breaker period
Apr 6, 2020
DPM Heng Swee Keat has announced additional support for workers, businesses and households under the Solidarity Budget to help tide Singapore through the one month of COVID-19 major circuit breaker measures. Taking this into consideration, ECDA has required all preschool operators to provide parents offsets for 50% of their nett fees for one month, for Singaporean children not attending preschool during this one-month circuit breaker period.
Temporary Closure of PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Bedok Reservoir-Punggol Blk 414
Apr 6, 2020
ECDA was informed that a non-PCF para-educational professional who provides intervention programmes to a group of children at PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Bedok Reservoir-Punggol Blk 414 tested positive for COVID-19. As an added precautionary measure, ECDA has directed that the Centre be temporarily closed from 6 April 2020 to 15 April 2020.