SINGAPORE : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has made some Cabinet
changes, effective from July 1.
A statement said that Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen will relinquish
his appointment as Second Minister for Education and become Second
Minister for Defence.
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Othman Haron
Eusofe has stepped down from his post.
He will continue as Chairman of Marine Parade Town Council.
The Prime Minister thanks Mr Othman for his many contributions to
the government and community.
Mr Othman was Minister of State in the Manpower Minister for almost
five years.
Following that , he was South-East Community Development Council
Mayor for some three years.
NTUC says Mr Othman will remain in the National Trades Union
Congress as Divisional Director, Corporate Services until he
retires at the end of the year.
Mr Othman joined the NTUC in August 1980, and held the position of
Deputy Secretary-General, NTUC, from August 1993 to January
1997.
He then left the NTUC to serve as Minister of State at the Ministry
of Labour, which was later renamed as the Ministry of Manpower. -
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