MOHAMED Nazri Abdul Aziz has been named Malaysia’s tourism and culture minister with Joseph Salang Gandum as the deputy minister, in the new cabinet line-up announced by the Prime Minister yesterday, following the 13th General Election on May 5.
However, Borneo Post reported that Joseph Salang has declined his appointment to make way for young blood from his party to be appointed.
Mohamed Nazri was formerly a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department while Salang was the deputy minister of Information, Communications and Culture.
When contacted, Malaysia Inbound Tourism Association honorary secretary-general, Adam Kamal, said he welcomed the new appointments and that the association planned to invite Mohamed Nazri to the annual gala dinner next month. “It will be a good platform for him to meet our 400-strong members,” he added.
