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By Ahmad A. Talib He said the BN Government, after c._b receiving the new mandate with a and Nuraina Samad two-thirds majority, would continue KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. - to administer efficiently and with a deep sense of trustworthiness. Prime Minister Datuk Seri One of the new faces is MP for Dr Mahathir Mohamjtd to- Kota Tihggi Syed Hamid Syed Jaa- day%Y&_%&ed his ti$w Ca-. far Albar, who is the Justice Minis- ter and Minister in the Prime Minis- binet, which includes three terqsDepartment. new Ministers. and the Haji , who lost in the creation of ne& Ministry. contest for the Nilam Puri parlia- a meptary seat in Kelantan, was made Encik remains a Senator and is now the new Minis- Deputy Prime Minister. ter of Youth and Sports. Among the senior Ministers who retain their nortfolios are Datuk Seri . Usno’s Tan Sri Haji Sakaran Dan- (Education), Datuk dai, the MP for Semporna, is the Paduka (Finance), Minister of Land and-Co-operative Datuk Seri Dr (Tran- Development, previously known as sport), Datuk Seri S. the Ministry of Land and Regional (Energy, Telecommunications and Development. Posts), Datuk Seri Dr (Primary Industries) and Da- Comeback tuk (Works). Those promoted to full Ministers Datuk Seri now are Datuk Musta- heads the new Ministry of Interna- pha who is now Minister in the tional Trade and Industry. Prime Minister’s Department, Law Her former portfolio, the Trade Hieng Ding who is now Science, and Industry Ministry, has now been Technology and Environment expanded to become the Ministry of Minister and Dr who Domestic Trade and Consumer Af- is the Housing and Local GOV- fairs. Its Minister is Datuk Haji Su- ernment Minister. laiman Daud, who was the Justice Minister and Minister in the Prime They were formerly Deputy Min- Minister’s Department. isters of Defence and Science, Tech- The Welfare Ministry has been ex- nology and Environment and in the panded and reconstituted to become Prime Minister’s Department re- the Ministry of National Unity and spectively. Community Development. It is The MP for Kulim Bandar, Datuk headed by Datuk . Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, makes a comeback to the Government as the New faces Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. He was once Dr Mahathir also announced the the Deputy Foreign Minister in the appointment of nine new Deputy 1986 line-up. Ministers and seven new Parliamen- tary Secretaries. Other new Deputy Ministers are In his remarks before the announ- Mohd Yasin Kamari (Rural Deve- cement, Dr Mahathir said Yang di- lopment), Datuk Wong See Wah and Pertuan Agong Sultan Azlan Shah Datuk Dr Haji Abdul Hamid Haji has consented to these appointments Othman (Prime Minister’s Depart- during an audience the Prime Minis- ment), Tengku Datuk Mahmud ter had with him today. Mansor (Primary Industries), Da- He said the line-up was made after tuk Peter Tinggom anak Kamarau he had given due consideration to all and Kerk Choo Ting (Works Min- the interests of the istry), Dr Fong Chan Onn (Educa- component pprties and those of all tion), Datuk (Cul- States. ture, Arts and Tourism) and Peter He had,also met the presidents of Chin Fah Kui (Science, Technology all BN component parties before and Environment). making the announcement. Dr Mahathir said the inclusion of Asked to comment on the possi- new faces was made because he felt bility of more MIC appointees to the Cabinet, Dr Mahathir said: “We are they could contribute to the Gov- ernment. still negotiating for these posts.”