Incumbent Home Affairs Minister, Mr Wong Kan Seng, will relinquish his post as Home Affairs Minister and will take over as Co-ordinating Minister for National Security from Professor S Jayakumar.
Professor S Jayakumar will remain as Senior Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and continue to coordinate policies on climate change as well as foreign policy issues which involve legal negotiation or international adjudication.
Mr Wong, who still remains as the Deputy Prime Minister, will also oversee the National Population and Talent Division.
This division will be set up under the Prime Minister’s Office to coordinate Singapore’s population and talent policies across different ministries.
Taking over the position of Home Affairs Minister will be Law Minister K Shanmugam, who will be holding two portfolios.
Mr Lui Tuck Yew, who is the current Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) will also be promoted to full minister.
Other notable promotions include:
Ms Amy Khor: Promoted to Minister of State. She is currently the Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Environment and Water Resources Ministry.
Mr Masagos Zulkifli: Promoted to Minister of State for both Home Affairs and Education ministries.
Dr Maliki Osman: Promoted to Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the National Development Ministry.
Mr Sam Tan: Promoted to Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Trade and Industry Ministry and MICA.
The last Cabinet reshuffle was unveiled in March 2008, which also happened to include Mr. Shanmugam being promoted to the position of Law Minister.
PM Lee explained the reorganisation in a statement.
” This reshuffle is a minor adjustment,” he said.
“For the ministers, it is a natural progression… For the senior parliamentary secretaries and parliamentary secretaries, the promotions are to recognise their abilities and contributions.” Read more at http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/10/27/wong-kang-seng-steps-down-as-home-affairs-min-amid-sweeping-cabinet-changes/
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