1.
LS STATE PALACE
2 ft

2.
CU MALAYSIAN CREST
3 1/2 ft

3.
LS KING WALKS TO THRONE AND SITS (PAN TO) CABINET MINISTERS
11 ft

4.
MS (PAN) CABINET MINISTERS
15 1/2 ft

5.
CU TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
17 ft

6.
MLS MINISTER KHAW KAI BOH GETS UP AND FACES KING
22 ft

7.
CU KING
23 ft

8.
CU TUNKU
24 ft

9.
MS KHAW TAKES OATH
28 ft

10.
MS KHAW BOWS TO KING THEN TURNS TO LORD PRESIDENT
35 ft

11.
CU KHAW SIGNING (PAN TO) LORD PRESIDENT
39 1/2 ft

12.
CU TUNKU
41 ft

13.
MLS MINISTER MANICKAVASAGAM TAKES OATH
47 1/2 ft

14.
CU KING
49 ft

15.
MS HE BOWS TO KING THEN TURNS TO LORD PRESIDENT
57 ft

16.
MS CABINET MINISTERS
58 1/2 ft

17.
MS MINISTER SENU TAKES OATH (ZOOM TO) CLOSEUP
67 1/2

18.
CU KING
68 1/2 ft

19.
CU TUNKU
69 1/2 ft

20.
MS CABINET MINISTERS
71 ft



Initials CAR/S/MK/YA/RBI



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Background: AT THE STATE PALACE IN KUALA LUMPUR, THE MALAYSIAN CAPITAL, ON MAY 2 THREE NEW MINISTERS AND FOUR ASSISTANT MINISTERS WERE SWORN IN BY THE KING.

PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE PRIME MINISTER, TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET.

THE THREE NEW MINISTERS IN THE 16-MAN MALAYSIAN CABINET SWORN IN WERE: MR. KHAW KAI BOH (MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING); MR. V.MANICKAVASAGAM (MINISTER FOR LABOUR) AND MR. SENU BIN ABDUL RAHMAN (MINISTER FOR INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING).

FOUR NEW MINISTRIES HAVE BEEN CREATED AND TWO OLD MINISTRIES -- THOSE OF INTERIOR AND INTERNAL SECURITY -- HAVE BEEN MERGED INTO ONE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS.

AFTER TAKING THEIR OATH, THE NEW MINISTERS HANDED THE OATH FORMS TO THE LORD PRESIDENT, DATO THOMPSON, WHO SIGNED THEM AS WITNESS.

IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, THE ENTIRE CABINET DROVE UP TO TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN'S RESIDENCE FOR A CLOSED DOOR MEETING TO FINALISE THE LINE-UP. THE MEETING LASTED THIRTY MINUTES.