Anti-Doping Singapore established to oversee national policies and operations

Question

Dr Benedict Tan: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth whether there are any plans to introduce legislation to further prevent doping, as suggested by the World Anti-Doping Code 2015 (article 22) and the UNESCO International Convention Against Doping in Sport 2005 (article 8).

Response

1. Minister Lawrence Wong: To fulfil our obligations under the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport, we established Anti-Doping Singapore (ADS) in 2010 as the national anti-doping organisation to oversee sports anti-doping policies and operations. ADS works closely with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to ensure cooperation on information sharing and anti-doping related matters.
   

2. The Singapore Sports Council Act already empowers ADS to conduct the anti-doping activities required to meet our international obligations.
   

3. So my ministry, MCCY will ensure that our anti-doping practices continue to be in line with the latest version of the World Anti-Doping Code and the latest version is the 2015 version. Whilst there are some new testing requirements under the 2015 Code which we are working to put in place, these can be introduced under current laws, and there is no need to introduce further legislation.