Singapore's Prime Minister-designate Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday announced the list of his new cabinet.

In the new cabinet, Goh Chok Tong will be Senior Minister and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Lee Kuan Yew, father of Lee Hsien Loong, now takes up a new post of Minister Mentor. The two deputy prime ministers are Tony Tan, who will continue his role as Coordinating Minister for Security and Defense, and S. Jayakumar, who will retain his Law Ministry portfolio.

Lee Hsien Loong will retain his post as the finance minister. George Yeo will become Foreign Minister while Mr Lim Hng Kiang takes on the Trade and Industry Ministry.

Lim Boon Heng stays on as Minister in the Prime Minister's office, and Mr Lim Swee Say also becomes a minister in the PM's Office.

The Environment Ministry has been renamed Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, and Dr Yaacob Ibrahim will head it.

Vivian Balakrishnan will be the new community development and sports minister.

The three acting ministers now resume full portfolios in the same ministries they headed before. They are Tharman Shanmugaratnam as the education minister, Khaw Boon Wan as the health minister and Ng Eng Hen as the manpower minister.

Two women became Ministers of State. Mrs Lim Hwee Hua is Minister of State for Finance and Transport while Mrs Du-Foo Yee Shoon is Minister of State for Community Development and Sports.

The rest of the cabinet is largely unchanged. Wong Kan Seng remains the home affairs minister, Teo Chee Hean the defense minister, Yeo Cheow Tong the transport minister, and Lee Boon Yang the information, communications and the arts minister.