1.   In the last fortnight, two new faces have been introduced into the outgoing cabinet.

2.   President Soeharto on Sunday bade farewell to the outgoing cabinet in a reception held at Merdeka Palace.

3.   The same could be said for Mien Sugandhi and Inten Soeweno, the only women ministers in the outgoing cabinet.

4.   Goh has named two ministers to tackle each of the key finance, trade and industry, and defence portfolios while retaining all members of the outgoing cabinet.

5.   As in the outgoing cabinet, two members are Coptic Christians.

6.   Estonian President Lennart Meri approved a new cabinet Friday that included several ministers from the outgoing cabinet which resigned last month over a phone-tapping scandal.

7.   The outgoing cabinet was due to meet Friday afternoon to hand in its resignation.

8.   The prime minister, who served in the outgoing cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi, has retained his treasury portfolio.

9.   The rest of the outgoing Labour cabinet remained unchanged.

10.   Kuchma may decide to bring in a more reformist government to replace the outgoing cabinet, which was torn by conservative and pro-reform factions.