KUCHING, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- The state cabinet reshuffle that will
take effect on Friday will see a new ministry being created, five
ministries renamed and seven new faces including a woman to be appointed
as assistant ministers.
Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said the new ministry would be
named the Welfare, Women and Family Development Ministry, to be headed
by Datuk Fatimah Abdullah and assisted by two new assistant ministers
who are also new faces, Rosey Yunus and Robert Lawson Chuat Vincent.
"The other new faces as assistant ministers are Julaihi Narawi, Abdul
Karim Hamzah, Datuk Len Talif Salleh, Dr Jerip Susil and Liwan Lagang,"
he said, adding that the seven would be sworn in on Friday.
Julaihi will be appointed as Industrial Development Assistant Minister
(Investment and Promotion) and Rural Development Assistant Minister, and
Abdul Karim as Housing Assistant Minister and Social Development
Assistant Minister (Youth Development).
Len Talif will be appointed as Resource Planning and Environment
Assistant Minister (Environment) and Assistant Minister in the Chief
Minister's Office (Technical Education Promotion), Dr Jerip as Local
Government and Community Development Assistant Minister (Public Health),
and Liwan as Social Development Assistant Minister (Culture and
Heritage).
"All the full ministers will be retained and some of their ministries renamed," he said.
The five ministries renamed include the Social Development and
Urbanisation Ministry, which is now known as Social Development Ministry
and headed by Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) president Tan
Sri William Mawan Ikom and Environment and Public Health Ministry, now
known as Local Government and Community Development Ministry, headed by
Sarawak United People's Party deputy secretary-general Datuk Seri Wong
Soon Koh.
The Planning and Resource Management Ministry will be known as Resource
Planning and Environment Ministry, Housing and Urban Development
Ministry as Housing Ministry, and Tourism and Heritage Ministry as
Tourism Ministry, with both the ministries under the purview of Datuk
Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg, who is also Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
(PBB) deputy president.
Taib who retains his portfolios in the Finance Ministry and Resource
Planning and Environment Ministry, said there was no urgent need for the
appointment of second Deputy Chief Minister.
He said the one Deputy Chief Minister post now held by another PBB
deputy president, Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang, who is also Rural
Development Minister, should not be a big issue.
He said Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president Tan Sri Dr James Jemut
Masing who had been retained as Land Development Minister, would also be
holding senior minister porfolios together with Soon Koh and Mawan.
He said their role as senior ministers would be to coordinate specific
development projects and programmes needed to be undertaken together.
He said PBB senior vice-president Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan
would be the new Industrial Development Minister, as well as the second
Resource Planning and Environment Minister and Public Utilities
Minister, while Datuk Seri Michael Manyin retained his portfolio as
Infrastructure Development and Communications Minister.
He said the Public Works Department (PWD), Agriculture Department and local councils were also being revamped.
"The PWD revamp is almost completed while it may take about five years for the others," he added.
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