National Heritage Board (Singapore)

National Heritage Board
Lembaga Warisan Negara (Malay)
国家文物局 (Chinese)
தேசிய மரபுடைமைக் கழகம் (Tamil)
Agency overview
Formed1 August 1993; 31 years ago (1993-08-01)
Preceding agency
  • National Archives, National Museum and Oral History Department
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore[1]
Annual budgetS$104 million (2010)
Minister responsible
  • Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Low Yen Ling, Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth
  • Alvin Tan, Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth
  • Eric Chua, Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth
Agency executives
  • Yeoh Chee Yan, Chairman
  • Chang Hwee Nee, CEO
  • Alvin Tan, Deputy Chief Executive (Policy & Community)
  • Chan Yin Teng Jennifer, Deputy Chief Executive (Corporate Development)
  • Ting Wei Jin Kennie, Group Director (Museums)
Parent agencyMinistry of Culture, Community and Youth
Child agencies
Websitewww.nhb.gov.sg
Agency IDT08GB0036B

The National Heritage Board (NHB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) of the Government of Singapore. It was formed on 1 August 1993.[2]

  1. ^ National Library Board Act (Cap. 197)
  2. ^ "About NHB". National Heritage Board. Retrieved 17 November 2018.