PM Lee reshuffles Cabinet: 2 SM, 2 DPM, 1 MM
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SINGAPORE : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced several changes to the Cabinet and other appointments, as part of continuing leadership renewal and testing out of younger office holders for broader responsibilities.
Among the major changes is the appointment of the country's first full-fledged woman minister.
Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean will be promoted to Deputy Prime Minister with effect from April 1. He will be one of two deputy prime ministers alongside veteran Wong Kan Seng, who is concurrently the Home Affairs Minister.
Mr Teo will continue as Minister for Defence, and be the acting prime minister in the absence of the prime minister.
Professor S Jayakumar will relinquish his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, and will hold the post of Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office alongside Mr Goh Chok Tong. Professor Jayakumar will also continue as Co-ordinating Minister for National Security.
Mr Gan Kim Yong will be appointed Manpower Minister. He is currently the Acting Minister.
Mrs Lim Hwee Hua will hold the post of Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. She will concurrently serve as Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Transport.
The last time there was a woman minister in Cabinet was 1991 when Dr Seet Ai Mee became Acting Minister for Community Development. However, she lost her seat that year when she was not returned to Parliament in the 1991 elections.
Senior Minister of State Lui Tuck Yew will be appointed as Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts. He will relinquish his appointment in the Education Ministry.
Dr Lee Boon Yang will relinquish his appointment as Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts and retire from the government.
Since being appointed a Parliamentary Secretary in 1985, Dr Lee has served in many portfolios including Environment, Trade and Industry, Finance, Home Affairs, National Development, Defence, and Manpower, before becoming Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts in 2003.
The prime minister thanked Dr Lee for his many years of service and contributions to the government and the nation.
In changes to the posts of Ministers of State, Mr S Iswaran will be appointed Senior Minister of State in the Education Ministry, in addition to his current post as Senior Minister of State in the Trade and Industry Ministry.
Mr Lee Yi Shyan takes on the role of Minister of State for Manpower, in addition to his present post as Minister of State for Trade and Industry.
Mr Sam Tan will be appointed as Parliamentary Secretary in the Trade and Industry Ministry and Information, Communications and the Arts Ministry. His appointment takes effect on July 1.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports Teo Ser Luck will be appointed as Mayor of North East Community Development Council with effect from May 31.
The current mayor, Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, will relinquish his appointment when his current three-year term ends on May 30. He will continue as Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/417924/1/.html
We have xtra dogs to feed.
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I am quite surprised that FM George Yeo is not appointed as DPM in this cabinet reshuffle.
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Dog still around.
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Some of the names never even heard before.
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2 SM
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Originally posted by will4:
I am quite surprised that FM George Yeo is not appointed as DPM in this cabinet reshuffle.
He is still quite young...
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Professor S Jayakumar will relinquish his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, and will hold the post of Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office alongside Mr Goh Chok Tong. Professor Jayakumar will also continue as Co-ordinating Minister for National Security.
Great!
Now we have two SMs.
Why Goh no promote to MM?
Or is it there can only be ONE MM?
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Originally posted by Ah Chia:
Professor S Jayakumar will relinquish his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, and will hold the post of Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office alongside Mr Goh Chok Tong. Professor Jayakumar will also continue as Co-ordinating Minister for National Security.
Great!
Now we have two SMs.
Why Goh no promote to MM?
Or is it there can only be ONE MM?
Like Highlander.
There can only be one.
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There can only be one.
True. True.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE MM of Singapore!
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pay more..
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knn, just giving promotions and double posts.
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so they can get more pay...
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hikes coming up!
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Do we need to have spare SM? Such a small country need so many spare tyres. This explains the competivitiness of our so called leaders...
Would there be a spare MM as well? Most probably not i guess....
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cant he just retire?
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Originally posted by Ah Chia:
Professor S Jayakumar will relinquish his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, and will hold the post of Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office alongside Mr Goh Chok Tong. Professor Jayakumar will also continue as Co-ordinating Minister for National Security.
Great!
Now we have two SMs.
Why Goh no promote to MM?
Or is it there can only be ONE MM?
there can be only one. -P
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Originally posted by dumbdumb!:
there can be only one. -P
Aiyoh dumbdumb! your nick doesn't suit u. More like suit for gahmen. All the cabinent ministers all so dumbdumb!
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weeeeeeeeee next year our country will enjoy more of 15% GST, to feed the "Needy" of singapore!
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Originally posted by seyKai:
cant he just retire?
MM Lee: Retirement means death (http://sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/302638)Do you still think he will retire?
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Originally posted by youyayu:
weeeeeeeeee next year our country will enjoy more of 15% GST, to feed the "Needy" of singapore!
if it never happen, than how?
willing to bet your balls that there will be 15% GST?
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Originally posted by skythewood:
if it never happen, than how?
willing to bet your balls that there will be 15% GST?
If the GST does not hit 15%, then the ERP charges will be increased, or that more ERP gantries will be built as more COE are also released to create some semblance of traffic congestion that justify the additional ERP gantries - (instead of widening existing roads and highways, or buidling new roads or highways).
With so many more Ministers in the PM Office, it looks like LHL needs alot more time to meditate so as to relieve stresses - that will surely reverse the remission of his cancer in his butt.
Singaporeans are now paying S$3million PLUS for a PM that spend half his time meditating to ensure his cancer remission remains steady, while we have to fork out another $2M+ each for MM, 2 SM, 2 Ministers without Portfolio.
The report seems to have missed out Lim Swee Say as a Minister without Portfolio - as this post has always been given to the Secretary-General of the NTUC.
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Going by the rate, we'll soon have 2 deputy MMs and 4 deputy SMs.... and then maybe when we are experiencing talent bleeding within the cabinet, these positions will go to FTs.
US only have 1 vice-president JIC, why would we need 2 deputies, 1 senior to advise the PM and a senior-senior to advise the senior?
I wonder if our PM retires, MM promote to what? "Daddy"
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there is 2 MM, one is MM, one is M&M chocolate, the only chocalate that melt in your mouth and not in your hand.
Yummy!
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Originally posted by tranquilice:
MM Lee: Retirement means death (http://sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/302638)Do you still think he will retire?
That MaMasan got retire one meh??? -
Originally posted by Ah Chia:
Dog still around.
What u expect, Uncle, dog is afterall, Man best friend.Me ever see Goh CT taking dog for a walk at my ECP bicyle kiosk leh...he is very tall and his son is quite chio lor