Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email There are some similarities between Xavier’s portfolio and the EXCOs of other states in the sense that it involves Plantation Workers and Poverty. He also handle Compassionate Government portfolio (another name for Welfare?). While other Indians EXCOs handled Human Resource, Selangor did not have such portfolio.
We are seeing the same trend here. Indian EXCOs are given similar portfolios like what MIC got last time, but with some slight changes. If MIC people kept portfolios like Plantation Workers, Welfare, Poverty, etc without much development, the community excepts this new group of EXCO to make visible changes and progress within 5 years time.
SELANGOR EXCO LINE-UP: Khalid unveil Exco formula of PKR 4, DAP 3, Pas 3
By : V. Shankar Ganesh
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KLANG, Mon:
Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim unveiled today his 10-member Exco line-up, which will go under a formula of four from Parti Keadilan Rakyat, and three each from the DAP and Pas. The 10 took their oath of office today before Sultan Selangor Sultan Shafaruddin Idris Shah at the Istana Alam Shah here.
The Exco swearing-in ended a wrangle between PKR,DAP and Pas over its composition. A deputy menteri besar, which had been another subject of dispute among the tripartite state government and the palace, was not named.
Khalid, as expected, took over the Land Development, Finance, State Economic Action Council, Youth and Sport.
The Selangor Exco line-up are as follows:
1. Yaakob Sapari (PKR): Agriculture modernization, Natural Resources and Entrepreneurial Development;
2. Rodziah Ismail (PKR): Welfare, Women Affairs, Science, technology and Innovation;
3. Elizabeth Wong (PKR): Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment;
4. Dr Xavier Jayakumar (PKR): Health, Plantation Workers, Poverty and Compassionate Government;
5. Theresa Kok (DAP): Investments, Trade and Industry;
6. Ronnie Liu (DAP): Local Government, Research and development;
7. Ean Yong Hien Wah (DAP): New Village Development, Illegal Factory Settlement;
8. Datuk Dr Hassan Mohamed Ali (Pas): Islamic Affairs, Malay Customs, Infrastructure and Public Amenities;
9. Dr Halimah Ali (Pas): Education, Higher Education and Moral Character Development); and,
10. Iskandar Abdul Samad (Pas): Housing, Building Development and Squatters
In the march 8 polls, PKR won 15 seats, the DAP 13 and PAS eight to topple the BN State Government.
Speaking to the Press later, Khalid said he was satisfied with the Exco line-up, saying there would be a quarterly review of their performance and that the portfolios were not permanent.
“We feel that it is the most appropriate ones at the moment,” he said.
