Clause 11

to identify, undertake research into, and conduct investigations and surveillance of infectious diseases, their vectors, and environmental health concerns generally, and to develop strategies for their prevention and control;

to undertake licensing, provision of consultancy services, and promotion of professionalism in relation to matters concerning food hygiene in the food retail industry, and in relation to the pest control, environmental and other related industries;

to provide for the licensing of places used for the keeping of horses, cows, oxen, sheep, goats, swine and other cattle and to control the transport and movement of such animals for the purpose of preserving public health;

to ensure high standards of food hygiene in food retail outlets through licensing and inspections, and to co-ordinate the implementation and management of upgrading programmes for hawker centres and the review of hawker policies;

to ensure cleanliness of public areas through the supervision of cleansing services and the prevention of littering;

to ensure adequate provision of cremation, columbaria and burial services and facilities;

to manage and regulate air emissions from industrial premises, trade premises and vehicles;

to monitor and assess the water quality of inland and coastal waters, and to manage and regulate the discharge of trade effluent, oil, chemicals, sewage and any other polluting matter into water courses or on land;

to construct, develop, manage and regulate refuse treatment and disposal facilities and to regulate refuse collection and disposal;

to control land contamination and regulate the remediation of contaminated land;

to regulate the fumigation of premises and articles with hydrogen cyanide or any other fumigant;

to regulate the import, export, possession, storage, transportation, sale and use of hazardous substances and the import, export, storage, transportation, collection, treatment and disposal of toxic industrial waste;

to manage and regulate environmental noise, and to monitor and assess ambient air and noise levels;

to promote energy efficiency, the use of clean energy, the use of clean technologies, the use of efficient pollution control technologies and waste recycling;

to manage on behalf of the Government any land, building or other property of the Government used in connection with waste recycling;

to embark on educational programmes to promote and encourage public awareness of and participation in environmental matters;

to provide advice on environmental pollution threats and disasters, and to develop and review standards and policies on environmental protection and environmental health;

to provide meteorological services for users, including government agencies, aviation and shipping communities and the general public;

to conduct meteorological observations, maintain reliable climatological records of Singapore and furnish advice on meteorological matters;

to monitor and maintain records of seismological activities affecting Singapore; (u)to advise and make recommendations to the Government on matters, measures and regulations related to or connected with the environment, meteorology and seismology;

to represent the Government internationally on matters related to or connected with the environment, meteorology and seismology; and

to carry out such other functions as are imposed upon the Agency by or under this Act or any other written law.