MHA aims to make Singapore a safe and secure best home for our people. A total budget of $2,315m has been allocated to MHA in FY2003 to achieve this mission. Guided by Ministry Headquarters, the functions of preserving internal security, law and order are carried out by six departments. They are the Singapore Police Force, the Internal Security Department, the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Prisons Department, the Central Narcotics Bureau and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority.

•	$29m to enhance the level of safety and security, in a post 9-11 operating environment. Additional police officers will be recruited and more patrols would be performed. Officers will also be deployed at land and sea checkpoints to prevent the infiltration of undesirable persons.

•	$78m to redevelop the 4 Division HQs/Fire Stations and to form the Immediate Response Unit and Special Rescue Company to enhance response capabilities.
•	$30m to develop new CD shelters for the Circle Line.

•	$4m to implement the Expanded Home Detention Scheme and Expansion of Work Release Scheme. - Under the Expanded Home Detention Scheme, suitable prisoners are allowed to serve the tail end of their sentence in the precinct of their residence. They will be electronically monitored with tagging hence ensuring that they observe the conditions of the scheme and remain indoors at specific times. - Under the Expansion of Work Release Scheme, suitable prisoners are engaged in meaningful and productive work outside prison, which would help them gradually re-integrate into society. An inmate engaged in production work Electronic Monitoring System
•	$1m for Community Involvement Activities. To garner greater support from the community in helping ex-offenders re-integrate into society, more community projects and community-based programmes will be put in place by the Prisons Department to engage the community in helping ex-offenders become responsible citizens. Volunteer from Rotaract Club conducting a workshop for pre-release inmates
•	$6m to fund the aftercare programmes of Halfway Houses. The Halfway House Scheme places selected inmates in Halfway Houses that operate rehabilitation programmes. Inmates under this scheme are required to work during the day and return to Halfway Houses in the evenings. This scheme particularly benefits those inmates who are genuinely desirous of change but who have no family support, no homes to return to or whose family environments are not conducive for their recovery from drug addiction.