Welcome to SWCDC

As at 5 October 2005

The South West Community Development Council (CDC) was formed on 24 November 2001, with the official appointment of Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon as the Mayor of South West District. Mrs Yu-Foo was the first woman mayor.

With effect from 12 August 2004, in conjunction with the swearing-in of the new Cabinet, Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan is appointed the Mayor of South West District. Dr Khor is also Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Environmental and Water Resources, Member of Parliament for Hong Kah GRC.

The South West district spans the south-western region of Singapore, covering a third of Singapore's land area. The District has about 220,000 households with about 733,000 residents, across Hong Kah GRC, Jurong GRC, West Coast GRC and Chua Chu Kang SMC.

South West CDC Vision

"Owning Your Community"

South West CDC Mission

To build a self reliant community
To promote active citizenry
To partner residents, corporations, institutions and community organisations in our work
To bridge social and cultural divides.
To help people help themselves

South West CDC

The South West CDC has access to a network of facilities that can be tapped upon for support in community programmes, services and projects:

21 community centres/clubs
61 voluntary welfare organizations (including elder care centres)
144 child care centres
9 family service centres
75 student care centres
119 PCF education centres
9 sports facilities
39 primary schools
36 secondary schools
11 pre-tertiary and tertiary institutions

South West CDC Functional Committees

There are 9 Functional Committees (FCs) in the South West CDC, namely:

The Committees are :

South West CDC Programmes and Services

The South West CDC bonds the community through its functional committees. Projects and programmes are themed according to the arts, youth, environment and community safety and security, elderly and more. The South West CDC also provides services to help the community such as job-matching and the administration of social assistance schemes.

South West CDC Addresses
South West Community Development Council (Service Centre) The JTC Summit 8 Jurong Town Hall Road #03-11 Singapore 609434 Tel: 6316 1616 Fax: 6316 7250 Email: feedback@swcdc.org.sg Website : www.southwestcdc.org.sg