The Singapore Civil Service is the set of civil servants working for the Government of Singapore. Many of its principles were inherited from the administrative system left by the British Civil Service, as Singapore was once a British colony. The Government of Singapore is formed by the political party which gains a 50% majority in the general elections held in Singapore at least once every four years. ... In UK politics, the civil service of the United Kingdom is the permanent bureaucracy that administers the United Kingdom. ... A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ...

The Singapore Civil Service is widely regarded as one of the most efficient and uncorrupt bureaucracies in the world. It is one of the key contributors to the success of Singapore since independence. The current Head of Civil Service is Peter Ho source: Singapore civil service website.

Not all employees of the state and public institutions or corporations are civil servants. The ones not in the Civil Service proper are known as "public servants".