Cabinet reshuffle: DAP's Chan Foong Hin, Lim Hui Ying switch to new portfolios
Published on: Tuesday, December 12, 2023
By: Bernama
Sri Tanjong MP Datuk Chan Foong Hin Chan was previously the deputy minister of agriculture and food security. (File pic)
Kuala Lumpur: Two deputy ministers from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), namely Lim Hui Ying and Datuk Chan Foong Hin, has switched portfolio to deputy minister of finance and deputy minister of plantation and commodities respectively, following a Cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today.
Lim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong, Penang, was formerly the deputy minister of education while Chan, a Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assemblyman for Sri Tanjong, was previously the deputy minister of agriculture and food security.
ADVERTISEMENT
Meanwhile, Anwar also announced new deputy ministers namely Datuk Seri Noraini Ahmad, M. Kulasegaran, Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan, Wong Kah Woh and Zulkifli Hasan.
Additionally, Anwar announced that Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Legal and Institutional Reforms) Ramkarpal Singh and Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities Datuk Siti Aminah Aching were dropped.
The reshuffle also saw the number of ministers in the Cabinet increased to 31 from 28 while the number of deputy ministers expanded to 29 from 27, bringing the total Cabinet members to 60.
Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
Daily Express Malaysia
ADVERTISEMENT
* Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available.
