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MHA aims to make Singapore a safe and secure home for our
people. A total budget of $2,349 million has been allocated
to MHA in FY2004 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.
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$70 million to develop a Law Enforcement Academy
to enhance training and operational readiness
of Home Team officers.
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$26 million 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.
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$21 million to relocate Police Coast Guard HQ
from Kallang to Brani.
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$85 million to redevelop the 4 CD Division HQs
cum Fire Stations and the Basic Rescue Training
Centre to enhance response capabilities and improve
training facilities.
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$25 million to develop new CD Shelters for the
Circle Line.
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$8 million to implement the Expanded Home Detention
Scheme and Expansion of Work Release Scheme.
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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.
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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.
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$8 million 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.
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$15 million to enhance intelligence gathering and
enforcement at the various checkpoints.
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$3 million to carry out preventive education activities.
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$186 million to maintain border security through the
administration of the movement of people, goods and
conveyances passing the checkpoints and ensuring that
such movements are legitimate and lawful. These include
the stepping up of secondary checks at the checkpoints
and enhancing checkpoint capabilities, through the deployment
of specialised equipment to detect illegal immigrants
and undesirable cargo and conveyances. In addition,
the amount will also be used to step up enforcement
efforts to curtail immigration offender problems.
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$71 million to facilitate the registration and documentation
of individuals, through the issuance of travel and identification
documents, birth and death certificates, as well as
the processing and granting of Permanent Residence and
Citizenship status. In addition, the amount will also
be spent on managing the stay of foreigners through
the issuance of immigration passes and visas as well
as the introduction of e-services.
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