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Posted: 15 May 2013 10:36 AM PDT

UPDATE 1.30am May 16: Former Information, Communication and Culture deputy minister Joseph Salang has turned down the offer as deputy tourism minister post under Najib's new Cabinet... here

In announcing his new Cabinet lineup - the first in Malaysian history that saw no MCA rep - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak has well taken into account the balancing factor that would lead Barisan Nasional into the next term before facing the opposition again, four or five years from now.

With more minister posts given to Sarawak and Sabah for the two States' major contribution in the just concluded 13th general election, it will augur well in BN's 'healing process' to win back the votes it lost on May 5 polling.

And the strong BN Youth representation both as full ministers and deputies signals the ruling party's hope and Najib's wisdom to rejuvenate the administrative approach of the public sector in all major policy undertakings.

I must congratulate Khairy Jamaluddin, Kamalanathan, Ahmad Shabery Chik, Ahmad Maslan and Azizah Mohd Dun among few, to provide Najib with fresh and vibrant idea as to how the government could serve the rakyat better.

The exclusion of Noh Omar, Shaziman Abu Mansor and a few more did not mean their service is no longer needed. They had served well in their respective portfolio and its time to give their hands to their successors.
Financial Times' comment:

The new government called the line-up "a mix of technocrats and civil society representatives, who bring valuable experience from outside government, as well as experienced ministers and younger faces".
Mr Najib said: "Over the past months and years, divisions have opened up in Malaysian society. Now it is time for all of us, in government and beyond, to put the bitterness behind us, and work towards national reconciliation – and national unity.
The new cabinet members included Paul Low, head of the Malaysian arm of Transparency International, a Berlin-based anti-corruption campaign group; Abdul Wahid Omar, chief executive of Maybank, one of Malaysia's two biggest banks; and Khairy Jamaluddin, a 37-year-old rising star in Umno and son-in-law of Mr Najib's predecessor as prime minister, Abdullah Badawi.
Mr Najib retains the finance ministry portfolio.

KJ as Umno Youth chief deserves the Youth and Sports portfolio. Although some parties still dispute his role and the 'Pak Lah stigmata', many support him and believe that he has reached that level of maturity to hold a Cabinet position.

For Ahmad Shabery, it is a 'home coming' for him as he used to hold Information portfolio under Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's era. He left Youth and Sports Ministry 'clean' for KJ to continue. The way he developed the ministry like a profit-making corporation has earned him a lot of credits.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Hishammuddin Tun Hussein took each others' portfolio, Defense and Home respectively. Both Umno vice-president will leave their achievement to be assessed by the members at the party's general assembly later this year.

The new Cabinet lineup also saw the 'comeback' of a few once-called 'the deadwoods'.

Among them are Barisan Nasional sec-gen Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor who is appointed Federal Territories minister, and former Perlis Mentri Besar Shahidan Kassim as minister an the PM Dept.

'Ku Nan', the member of parliament for Putrajaya, was a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department in January 2001, and in November 2002. He was later re-appointed Tourism Minister in February 2006, until the 2008 General Election.

With the witdrawal of MCA and Gerakan from taking up any government post, Chinese representation in the cabinet now comes from Senator Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan and Mary Yap Kain Ching, the Member of Parliament for Tawau.

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