The Singapore Public Service employs about 150,000 public officers working in 16 Ministries and more than 50 Statutory Boards. Within the Public Service is the Civil Service, comprising about 86,000 officers working in the Ministries. They work in various schemes of service, including the Administrative Service, legal, education, police, civil defence as well as other generic schemes.
Statutory boards (such as HDB, CPF Board, IRAS, etc) have their own recruitment and human resource management policies. They are legally distinct and independent employers from the Civil Service.
Find out more about the different sectors of the Public Service.