Sir Percy McNeice

Sir Percy McNeice held many key posts in the early days of civil service. His appointments included the Secretary of Chinese Affairs, President of the Singapore Municipal Commissions, President of the City Councillor and Head of the Singapore Improvement Trust (forerunner of HDB). He set up and became first Social Welfare Secretary of the Social Welfare Department or SWD in 1946. (we now know it as MCYS). Sir Percy McNeice was also a founder and President of the Singapore Family Planning Board in 1959.

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