1. Gerakan loss Deputy Internal Security Minister to MCA
Gerakan loss Deputy Internal Security Minister to MCA. Gerakan's Internal security Minister Chia Kwang Chye has been transfer as Deputy Information Minister. Whereas MCA's Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Fu Ah Kiow is now Deputy Internal Security Minister.
This cause MCA effective change Information Ministry portfolio with Gerakan's Internal Security Ministry portfolio. A gain to MCA and a loss to Gerakan as Internal Security Ministry, which control police and media, which is much more powerful than Information Ministry, which only control media.
Additionally, MCA also has one more portfolio. Deputy Information Minister Donald Lim has been transfer as Deputy Tourism Minister. Whereas, total portfolio control my Gerakan remain unchanged.
UMNO Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Noh Omar has been made Deputy Education Minister. Datuk Noh Omar was said to be the person follow Pak Lah instruction to against corruption. However, he recent poor skill in handling relation with China by asking foreigner to go home if they find the Malaysia Police cruel and blame media misquote him has cause him transfer to Education Ministry. May be corruption fighting has to be start from child via education!
2) Nazri responsibility increase. A promotion?
Minister in the Prime Minister Department Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Razak responsibility has been expand to cover Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad portfolio after the later transfer as Home Minister.
Nazri did a good job as a Chairman of The Human Right Caucus.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid, who said poorly handle the repatriations of Indonesian illegal worker which cause a mini recession has been transfer as Natural Resources and environment Minister. Azmi gear up with the new portfolio as he claim he is an environmentalists. In fact he should be happy as he able to remain as Minister. Two Minister that fail to elected as central committee of UMNO. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Mohd has been dropped whereas Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir resigned.
The dropped of Shafie as Higher Education Minister might be cause by the drop of University Malaya in Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) World University Rankings.
New Home Minister is UMNO Secretary General.
3 Rafidah remain as International Trade and Industry Minister
That might be the reason why the Prime Minister never reshuffle the cabinet after the WTO meeting in Hong Kong. It is difficult for a new Minister to catch up as the next WTO meeting will be held at March. This also indicated that Prime Minister still do not have succession plan for this portfolio.
4 Effenddi reappointed as Minister after selling NTV7 to UMNO's TV3
Businessman and ex-Agricultural Minister Datuk Seri Dr Effenddi Norwawi reappointed as Minister in the Prime Minister Department after he dispose off NTV7 to Media Prima, which control TV3 and a company control by UMNO.
Effenddi was helping the Prime Minister in Ninth Malaysia plan recently and he was replacing Datuk Mustapha Mohamed, who has transfer to Higher Education Ministry. Mustapha, a Minister train by ex-Finance Minister Tun Daim was having a taught job ahead to make university in Malaysia more competitive and climb in international ranking.
In my opinion,Effenddi actually qualified to become Finance Minister but he is not from UMNO and his last business venture in NTV7 unable to make profit.
5 Berjaya group well connected with Tengku Adnan
New Tourism Minister and ex-Minister in Prime Minister Department was closely associate with Berjaya Group and Tan Seri Vincent Tan. However, Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) has made a clearance for all new Minister to Prime Minister before he made anouncement of cabinet reshuffle.
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