Cabinet changes from Nov 1
By Imelda Saad | Posted: 27 October 2010 1819 hrs
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Wong Kan Seng
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced several
Cabinet changes which will take effect from November 1.
Wong Kan Seng will relinquish his post as Home Affairs Minister and
take over as Co-ordinating Minister for National Security from
Professor S Jayakumar.
Mr Wong will remain as Deputy Prime Minister.
He will also oversee the National Population and Talent Division,
which will be set up under the Prime Minister's Office to
coordinate Singapore's population and talent policies across
different ministries.
Taking over as Home Affairs Minister will be Law Minister K
Shanmugam, who will have two portfolios.
Professor S Jayakumar will remain as Senior Minister in the Prime
Minister's Office.
Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Lui
Tuck Yew, will be promoted to full minister.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Environment and Water
Resources Ministry, Amy Khor, will be promoted to Minister of
State.
She will remain as Mayor of the South West Community Development
Council and chairman of feedback unit, REACH.
Current Parliamentary Secretary at the Trade and Industry Ministry
and the Information, Communications and the Arts Ministry, Sam Tan,
will be promoted to Senior Parliamentary Secretary.
Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman will be promoted to Senior Parliamentary
Secretary at the National Development Ministry.
The last Cabinet changes were carried out in March 2009.<!-- /
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Wat's your thought on the change???
Btw, it's on news but I cannot find any sauce on the web
yet...
