The Archive · 1937

New Ministry The Ministry of Industries, the

'Honal Economic Council and the [National Reconstruction Commission have been combined into a newly-created Ministry of Economic Affairs, with Mr, Oong Wen-hao, formerly 'Secretary-General of the' Executive Yuan, as Minister, Mr. Oong was Assistant Delegate to the Coronetion for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

The Ministry of the Navy has been absorbed into the Ministry of War.

About fifteen Ministers without portfolio have been appointed. They {hetude the leaders of various political factions, and will have the right to! fattend meetings of the Cabinet—

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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