KUCHING, April 18 (Bernama) -- All eight former state ministers, who retained their respective seats in the just-concluded Sarawak election, were sworn in as members of the new state cabinet here Monday, after the Barisan Nasional (BN) formed the government.
The cabinet members, comprising five from Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and one each from Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) and Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), took their oath of office before Yang Dipertua Negeri Sarawak Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng at the new Sarawak State Legislative Assembly building in Petra Jaya here.
They were led by Deputy Chief Minister and PBB deputy president Tan Sri Alfred Jabu, PRS president Datuk Seri Dr James Masing and SPDP president Datuk Seri William Mawan, whose respective porfolios, however, are yet to be announced.
The others were PBB deputy president Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg, SUPP deputy secretary-general Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh, PBB vice-president Datuk Seri Michael Manyin, PBB senior vice-president Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan and PBB deputy woman chief Datin Fatimah Abdullah.
Also present were Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and wife, Ragad Kurdi Taib.
Taib, who is state BN chairman and PBB president, was sworn in as chief minister, shortly after the BN secured two-thirds majority in Saturday's 10th state election.
BN won 55 of the 71 seats in the state legislative assembly, with the first meeting expected to convene in May this year.
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