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DPM Tan to retire from Cabinet on 1 Sep: PM Lee
sbst275
27 Aug 05, 18:16
Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan, who is also the Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence, will retire from the Cabinet on 1 September.
DPM and Law Minister Professor S Jayakumar will take on the additional responsibility of Coordinating Minister for National Security.
Wong Kan Seng will become DPM while continuing to be the Home Affairs Minister.
A new face - MP Gan Kim Yong - will be appointed Minister of State for Education and Manpower, from 1 October.
These changes were announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a statement on Saturday.
PM Lee thanked Dr Tan for his many years of service to the Government and the nation. - CNA/ir
Simple_Bear
27 Aug 05, 22:34
Does it make a diff???
sbst275
28 Aug 05, 08:47
Originally posted by Simple_Bear:
Does it make a diff???
Maybe...