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Singapore The Public Service
The public services included the Singapore Armed
Forces, the
Singapore Civil Service, the Singapore Legal Service, and
the
Singapore Police Force. A Public Service Commission (PSC),
consisting of a chairman and no less than five nor more
than nine
other members, was appointed by the president, with the
advice of
the prime minister. The PSC acted to appoint, confirm,
promote,
transfer, dismiss, pension, and impose disciplinary
control over
public officers. A Public Service Division, established
within the
Ministry of Finance in 1983, managed civil service
personnel. It
was headed by a permanent secretary who was responsible to
the
minister for finance.
A Legal Service Commission, with jurisdiction over all
officers
in the Singapore Legal Service, was composed of the chief
justice
as president, the attorney general, the chairman of the
Public
Service Commission, a judge of the Supreme Court nominated
by the
chief justice, and not more than two members of the Public
Service
Commission nominated by that commission's chairman. The
Legal
Service Commission acted to appoint, confirm, promote,
transfer,
dismiss, pension, and exercise disciplinary control over
officers
in the Singapore Legal Service.
The investigation of corruption in both the public and
private
sectors was under the sole authority of the Corrupt
Practices
Investigation Bureau, part of the prime minister's office.
The
Auditor General's Office, an independent agency
functioning without
interference from any ministry or department, monitored
Parliament
to ensure its compliance with laws and regulations and to
identify
irregularities in its disbursement of government
resources.
Data as of December 1989
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