Winds of change in Sabah ministry

By FATIMAH ZAINAL

Young leader: Wong pictured during a media interview at the Agriculture and Food Industries Ministry office which he now helms.

KOTA KINABALU: Two full ministers in Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal’s Cabinet are under the age of 40.

Warisan vice-president Junz Wong, 38, and Upko’s Youth leader Ewon Benedick, 36, were named as the Agriculture and Food Industries Minister and the Rural Development Minister respectively.

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