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- Rallying BN cyber troops
- EC deputy chairman berates Selangor and Penang Govts over separate polls call
- Karpal extends Pakatan invitation to parties unhappy with BN
| Posted: 20 Nov 2011 03:17 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Bring out your iPads, iPhones, Blackberries, tablets and laptops! "These are your weapons as cyber warriors," Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told a crowd of social media practitioners who responded to his call with an enthusiastic applause. The Prime Minister, who is also Barisan Nasional chief, drove home this message before a crowd of 2,000 when addressing the 1Malaysia Social Media Convention at the Putra World Trade Centre here yesterday. At the first-ever such convention, Najib gave pro-Barisan social media writers "official recognition" by calling them the new army for the party in the virtual world. "So, this is your role as cyber warriors. Our social media army can turun padang, but not by rolling up your sleeves and trouser legs," he said. Also called the 1Malaysia Social Media Volunteers or myVO1CE the voluntary social media practitioners will explain and defend government policies online. Najib said the time had come for a re-look into Barisan's methods of disseminating information to the public. "Social media will enable us to engage with the public directly. "In the past, getting information across to the people on the ground meant going to an open field and asking the Information Department to set up stage and microphones," he said, urging the social media practitioners to write frequently and be united in the face of an Opposition that works to only confuse and mislead the public. "It is up to you to set the record straight," said Najib, adding that he was also attacked when allegations surfaced that his daughter had gone on a spending spree in Perth. The Prime Minister, an avid social media follower with a constant presence on Twitter, said it was also through social media that he delivered his Aidiladha greetings while on his haj pilgrimage in Mecca, thousands of miles from home. Speaking at the BN Youth Job Fair earlier yesterday, Najib said he was confident that the Government could achieve the 5% to 6% gross domestic product growth target through the Economic Transfor-mation Programme. Bank Negara had announced that the country recorded a 5.8% growth for the third quarter of the year. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| EC deputy chairman berates Selangor and Penang Govts over separate polls call Posted: 20 Nov 2011 03:09 PM PST PUTRAJAYA: Holding state polls separately from the general election will be an unnecessary waste of money, time and effort. Election Commission deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said this was because all the preparations needed to run polls had to be carried out twice. "For instance, we have to train and pay workers who help us run the polls and print ballot papers, twice. "On top of that, we will also need to use schools for polling purposes," he added. Wan Ahmad agreed to DAP chairman Karpal Singh's remarks that it was better for state and general elections to be held simultaneously to avoid wasting public funds. "What Karpal said is correct," Wan Ahmad said. "If elections are done separately, it will not only waste taxpayers' money. "It is also a waste of time and energy because we also need workers to man voting stations and policemen to maintain public order." He said a long campaigning period would not be beneficial to the country. "It is better if politicians concentrated on fulfilling their election promises right after the polls than continue campaigning for separate state elections," he added. "The 2008 general election cost RM200mil. "This time around, we expect the cost to increase as the voter population has increased," said Wan Ahmad. He also said that the Sarawak state election in April had cost RM40mil. "From my point of view, politicians should not think of elections from a political perspective only," Wan Ahmad said. "They should also think of the implications of separate elections and whether the rakyat will benefit from them too." Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Karpal extends Pakatan invitation to parties unhappy with BN Posted: 20 Nov 2011 03:06 PM PST TAMIL Nesan reported that DAP national chairman Karpal Singh was urging political parties who were unhappy with Barisan Nasional (Barisan) to join Pakatan Rakyat officially. He said Parti Sosialis Malaysia, Human Rights Party and Parti Rakyat Malaysia should join Pakatan unconditionally. He said the 13th General Election presented a great chance for Malaysians to oust Barisan from federal power for the first time since the country achieved independence. Karpal, who is Bukit Gelugor MP, said the Pakatan leadership would give all unconditional applications its due consideration. He said any conditional application, especially those demanding seats, would not be entertained because it would put all anti-Barisan parties in a "no-win situation". >Malaysia Nanban reported that police in New Delhi had arrested a 24-year-old man on Friday for abducting and beating a teenager because she refused his advances. Police said Vikram Singh Rawat dragged his 19-year-old neighbour into a car, where he tried to convince her to accept his proposal as his friend drove the vehicle for over two hours. When the girl refused his overtures, Rawat assaulted her and dumped her near her home. Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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