Mr. Jerome Dill, a newly-elected MP who was the target of a racist poster after a 1992 primary win, was given the responsibility yesterday.

Mr. Dill, a lawyer, would serve as the Island's first Minister of Human Affairs and Information, Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan announced.

He was one of two new faces in a 14-member Cabinet, expanded from 13 before the election.

Mr. Wayne Furbert, newly-elected in Hamilton West on October 5, was named Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs.

And the Hon. Maxwell Burgess, who served as Youth and Sport Minister before losing his Hamilton West seat in 1989, returned to Cabinet as Transport Minister.

In other changes, the Hon. Leonard Gibbons was named Minister of Works and Engineering, replacing the Hon. Ann Cartwright DeCouto. Sir John moved her to the vacant Delegated and Legislative Affairs portfolio.

The Hon. Gerald Simons, defeated in Warwick East, was moved to the Senate and will keep his Environment portfolio.

Also named to the Senate, where the Hon. Michael Winfield remains Government leader, were Dr. Yvette Swan, Dr. Grant Gibbons, and Mr. Lawrence Scott.

All other Cabinet posts were unchanged. But Youth and Sport Minister the Hon.

Pamela Gordon, who sat in the Senate, will now speak from the floor of the House of Assembly.

Sir John, who had to fill three Cabinet vacancies created by retirements and election defeats, present the "new face'' of the UBP that was a recurrent campaign theme, and address the problem of institutional racism highlighted in the Tumim Report, declared the Cabinet "a perfect fit''.

In addition to Mr. Simons, the UBP lost Delegated Affairs Minister the Hon.

Sir John Sharpe in the election. Transport Minister the Hon. Ralph Marshall announced his retirement before the campaign.

Mr. Dill, who topped the polls in Pembroke West Central where Independent Mr.

Stuart Hayward was ousted, will be responsible for "the war on drugs,'' human rights, and expanding the role of parish councils, as well as race relations, Sir John said at a news conference.

A message from the UBP's reduced majority was that the public wanted "a somewhat different focus,'' Mr. Dill, 33, said. "The creation of a new Ministry represents a response to the wishes of the electorate for change.'' After winning a Pembroke West Central primary last year with Mrs. Cartwright DeCouto, Mr. Dill was the target of a poster which said "Master's Got a New Nigger!'' Yesterday, he said he would emphasise "listening'' in his approach to the Island's race problem. Also, "we need to focus on the policy of inclusion, as opposed to the policy which tends to divide and exclude.'' Mr. Furbert, 37, general manager of a law firm, with Mr. Burgess formed a Hamilton West team that defeated two Progressive Labour Party incumbents.

Mr. Burgess, 40, a real estate salesman, said he brought "no baggage'' to the Transportation post. Easing traffic congestion and working with the Tourism Minister to protect the number of flights serving the Island would be among his priorities.

Mr. Gibbons, who saw his role expanded to Community and Cultural Affairs and Information in a shuffle earlier this year, would take on the "enormous responsibility'' of Works and Engineering, Sir John said.

Mrs. Cartwright DeCouto had a short stint in Works and Engineering, where she was said to be unhappy after being moved from Environment in the May shuffle.

She was well-suited to Delegated and Legislative Affairs because she "stands strong on law and order,'' Sir John said.

To the Senate, the Premier named three party workers. Dr. Swan, an optometrist and past president of the International Business and Professional Women's Association, was the UBP branch chairman in Warwick West. In the Senate, she will be Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Social Services and Housing, and Community and Cultural Affairs.

Dr. Gibbons, of Gibbons Company Ltd., was the UBP campaign chairman and played "a behind the scenes role in helping to formulate the blueprint,'' Sir John said. He would be Parliamentary Secretary for Finance and Works and Engineering.

Mr. Scott, who recently earned his law degree, is a former UBP executive officer. He ran for the party in Sandys South in 1985 and 1989. Human Affairs and Information, Youth, Sports and Recreation, and Transport will be his Senate responsibilities.

NEW MINISTERS -- Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan yesterday named three new young MPs to his Cabinet. Pictured (from left to right) are Human Affairs and Information Minister Mr. Jerome Dill, Transport Minister the Hon. Maxwell Burgess, Sir John, and Community and Cultural Affairs Minister Mr. Wayne Furbert. They will be sworn in at Government House today.