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The '''Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS)''' is [[Singapore]]'s [[competition regulator]]. It was first established as the Competition Commission of Singapore on 1 January 2005 as a statutory board under the [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)]], taking up its current name on 1 April 2018 to reflect its new role in [[consumer rights]], a role previously under [[SPRING Singapore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cccs.gov.sg/about-cccs|title=About CCCS - Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore|website=www.cccs.gov.sg|access-date=2018-04-03}}</ref> CCCS enforces the Competition Act 2004, and has broad legal powers to investigate and penalize infringing parties. It now enforces the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act, which protects consumers against unfair trade practices in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://open.umich.edu/sites/default/files/ipol-country-report-singapore-2009.pdf|title=Information Policy Country Report: Singapore|last=Chen|first=Lauren|publisher=University of Michigan|year=2009|pages=10–11|access-date=2016-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030164829/http://open.umich.edu/sites/default/files/ipol-country-report-singapore-2009.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The '''Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS)''' is [[Singapore]]'s [[competition regulator]]. It was first established as the Competition Commission of Singapore on 1 January 2005 as a statutory board under the [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)]], taking up its current name on 1 April 2018 to reflect its new role in [[consumer rights]], a role previously under [[SPRING Singapore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cccs.gov.sg/about-cccs|title=About CCCS - Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore|website=www.cccs.gov.sg|access-date=2018-04-03}}</ref> CCCS enforces the Competition Act 2004, and has broad legal powers to investigate and penalize infringing parties. It now enforces the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act, which protects consumers against unfair trade practices in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://open.umich.edu/sites/default/files/ipol-country-report-singapore-2009.pdf|title=Information Policy Country Report: Singapore|last=Chen|first=Lauren|publisher=University of Michigan|year=2009|pages=10–11|access-date=2016-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030164829/http://open.umich.edu/sites/default/files/ipol-country-report-singapore-2009.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>

CCCS is presently led by Aubeck Kam Tse Tsuen, who was appointed on 1 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/competition-commission-singapore-get-new-chairman-next-year|title=Competition Commission of Singapore to get new chairman next year|newspaper=AsiaOne|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 05:00, 1 January 2021

Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2005; 19 years ago (2005-01-01) (as Competition Commission of Singapore)
1 April 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-01) (as Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore)
JurisdictionSingapore
Agency executive
  • Aubeck Kam Tse Tsuen, Permanent Secretary
Parent departmentMinistry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)
Websitewww.cccs.gov.sg

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is Singapore's competition regulator. It was first established as the Competition Commission of Singapore on 1 January 2005 as a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore), taking up its current name on 1 April 2018 to reflect its new role in consumer rights, a role previously under SPRING Singapore.[1] CCCS enforces the Competition Act 2004, and has broad legal powers to investigate and penalize infringing parties. It now enforces the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act, which protects consumers against unfair trade practices in Singapore.[2]

References

  1. ^ "About CCCS - Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore". www.cccs.gov.sg. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  2. ^ Chen, Lauren (2009). Information Policy Country Report: Singapore (PDF). University of Michigan. pp. 10–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-10.


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