Singapore's new cabinet announced

[MarrickG]

SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced the lineup of his new Cabinet.

In a letter to President S R Nathan, PM Lee made the following appointments:

Mr Teo Chee Hean - Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for National Security & Minister for Home Affairs

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Finance & Minister for Manpower

Mr Lim Hng Kiang - Minister for Trade and Industry

Mr Lim Swee Say - Minister, Prime Minister's Office

Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim - Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts

Mr Khaw Boon Wan - Minister for National Development

Dr Ng Eng Hen - Minister for Defence

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for the Environment and Water Resources

Mr K Shanmugam - Minister for Foreign Affairs & Minister for Law

Mr Gan Kim Yong - Minister for Health

Mr Lui Tuck Yew - Minister for Transport & Second Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr S Iswaran - Minister, Prime Minister's Office & Second Minister for Home Affairs & Second Minister for Trade and Industry

Mr Heng Swee Keat - Minister for Education

MG(NS) Chan Chun Sing - Ag Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports & Minister of State, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts

PM Lee also appointed the following as Senior Ministers of State:

Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien - Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts & Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources

Mr Heng Chee How - Prime Minister's Office

The following were appointed as Ministers of State:

Mr Lee Yi Shyan - Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of National Development

Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan - Ministry of Health

Mr Masagos Zulkifli - Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr Teo Ser Luck - Ministry of Trade and Industry

Mdm Halimah Yacob - Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

Mrs Josephine Teo - Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Transport

Mr Lawrence Wong - Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Education

BG(NS) Tan Chuan-Jin - Ministry of National Development & Ministry of Manpower

 

[Fool_Me_Hard]

Sayonara to Marbok Tan, Wong Can't Sing and Lemon Lim... They have made serious mistakes to our housing, national security and transport... I think they are fired rather than retired as they didn't say they retire out of their own accord.

 

[middaydog]

Minister Khaw will soon announce his HDB flat only $8

 

[knightriderz]

Dunno if COE will drop now Raymond lim is out

 

[depeche]

All are laughing to the bank for retirement...shake leg and relax!

 

[Glaringly]

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Finance & Minister for Manpower

Does it mean he is incharge of ICA?