The secretaries-general of the Presidential Office, Executive Yuan and the Kuomintang (KMT) will be changed following a Cabinet reshuffle prompted by Premier Liu Chao-shiuan's resignation this week, government sources said Tuesday. Chan Chuen-po, the secretary-general of the Presidential Office, confirmed news reports Tuesday that he will take over the post of KMT secretary-general left vacant by its current holder Wu Den-yih, who has been named Taiwan's new premier on Monday by President Ma Ying-jeou. Chan will assume his new post at the ruling party Wednesday after a weekly meeting of the party's Central Standing Committee, said Lee Chien-jung, a KMT spokesman. Chan was Wu's predecessor as KMT secretary-general. The post vacated by Chan at the Presidential Office will reportedly be filled by Minister of the Interior Liao Liouyi whose efforts in dealing with the disaster caused by Typhoon Morakot has earned him respect. Also on Tuesday, Vice Minister of the Interior Lin Join-sane told reporters after a meeting with premier-designate Wu at the KMT headquarters that he had accepted Wu's offer to serve as the secretary-general of the Executive Yuan. 'I had worked for him during his terms as mayor of Kaohsiung City, and had won his trust. He asked me to help him with his new job,' Lin said. Lin served as the deputy mayor of Kaohsiung City from 1995 to 1998, during the last three years of Wu's two four-year terms as the southern Taiwanese city's mayor. The shakeup was caused by Premier Liu's announcement Monday that he and his Cabinet will resign en masse Thursday to give President Ma a free hand to form a new administration. Ma's popularity has plummeted because of the slow response by Liu's Cabinet to the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot which hit Taiwan in early August. Critics have blamed the government administration for not evacuating residents before the typhoon hit, initially rejecting foreign aid, and not responding quickly enough to help victims, including not immediately deploying troops. The typhoon, the deadliest to hit Taiwan in 50 years, has killed more than 600 people, with more than 70 others missing and feared dead. 