Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Hot off the presses

So PM Lee has named his new cabinet. And here it is (drum roll):

Lee Hsien Loong - Prime Minister and Finance Minister

Goh Chock Tong - Senior Minister and Chairman of the MAS

Lee Kuan Yew - Minister Mentor (MM Lee)

Dr. Tony Tan - DPM and Coordinating Minister for Security and Defense until 30 June 2005

Prof. S. Jayakumar - DPM and Law Minister

Lim Boon Heng - Minister in the PMO

Lim Swee Say - Minister in the PMO

Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim - Minister for the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR)

BG George Yeo - Minister for Foreign Affairs

Lim Hng Kiang - Minister for Trade and Industry

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for Community Development and Sport

Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Minister for Education

Khaw Boon Wan - Minister for Health

Dr Ng Eng Hen - Minister for Manpower

Wong Kan Seng - Home Affairs Minister and DPM after 30 June 2005

RAdm Teo Chee Hean - Defense Minister

Yeo Cheow Tong - Transport Minister

Dr Lee Boon Yang - MITA

Mah Bow Tan - Minister for National Development

Lee Yock Suan has been dropped from the cabinet lists.

Also 2 women have been included as Ministers of State, Lim Hwee Hua (MOF and MOT) and Yu-Foo Yee Shoon (MCDS)

Some new faces include Othman Haron Eusofe (Minister of State, PMO), Zainul Abidin Rasheed (Minister of State, MFA), Heng Chee How (Minister of State, MTI), and Dr Amy Khor (Mayor, South West CDC).

Full list can be found here.




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