KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced that MCA's secretary-general Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha will be replacing former MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat as the Transport Minister in a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, June 1.

Kong's post as the Housing and Local Government Minister will be taken over by Datuk Wira Chor Chee Heung.

Meanwhile, Senator Datuk Maglin Dennis D'Cruz was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture, Senator Datuk G Palanivel as the Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, and Serian Member of Parliament Datuk Richard Riot as Deputy Foreign Minister.

Member of Parliament for Labis Chua Tee Yong was appointed as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, Senator Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai as Deputy Finance Minister, and Senator Gan Ping Shou as Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports. -- Bernama
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