Sport Singapore

Sport Singapore (SportSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of the Government of Singapore. It is the lead agency tasked with developing a holistic sports culture for the nation.

Sport Singapore

Agency overview
Formed	1 October 1973; 51 years ago (1973-10-01) (as Singapore Sports Council) 1 April 2014; 11 years ago (2014-04-01) (as Sport Singapore)
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	230 Stadium Boulevard, Singapore 397799
Agency executives	Kon Yin Tong, Chairman Alan Goh, CEO Prof Tan Cheng Han, Deputy Chairman Chiang Hock Woon, Deputy CEO Goh Fang Min, CFO & Chief Assurance and Corporate Excellence Group Sng Hock Lin, Chief (ActiveSG) Lim Hong Khiang, Chief (Sport Infrastructure Group) Muhammad Rostam Bin Umar, Chief (Strategy Group) Toh Boon Yi, Chief (Singapore Sport Institute)
Parent agency	Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Website	sportsingapore.gov.sg

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).^[1] On 1 April 2014, the SSC was renamed Sport Singapore in a rebranding exercise.^[2]

Safe Sport Commission

In 2019, the SafeSport Commission was set up by Sport Singapore in partnership with the Ministry of Social and Family Development, the Singapore Police Force, and the Singapore Ministry of Education in 2019 to clamp down on the abuse and harassment of athletes in sport.^[3]

See also

• Singapore Sports Hub