Engage your 41 'honourable' MPees on Facebook!

[General Veers]

Singapore
Feb 20, 2010

More PAP MPs on Facebook

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Facebook is a popular platform, with more than 42 per cent of those over 15 years old here using it, according to marketing company Nielsen. -- ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN

<!-- story content : start --> A YEAR ago, about 25 People's Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament were on Facebook. This week, a check showed that at least 41 of the 81 PAP MPs are on the popular social networking site. They include Deputy Prime Ministers Wong Kan Seng and Teo Chee Hean, and Ministers George Yeo, Yaacob Ibrahim, Vivian Balakrishnan and Lim Hwee Hua. The online surge is part of a concerted move by the party to boost its cyber-presence at a time when younger people are spending more time on the Internet. MPs say the party's 84 branches are encouraged to go online in a manner members are comfortable with. Facebook is a popular platform, with more than 42 per cent of those over 15 years old here using it, according to marketing company Nielsen.

 

[sodoMee]

why only 41?

where are the rest?

taxpayers are paying for 81 you know...

 

[myfoot123]

Wayang only lah. The sudden surge of facebooks is very much in line with the changing of electorate and a sign of election coming. After that, such phenomena will die down and giving way to more screwing of sinkies - the daft one especially who voted for PAP to be screwed again.

 

[sinren67]

After election is over, PAP MPs will see Facebook as faecebook.

 

[Airlib]

So now civil servants can officially facebook during office hours?? Since their minister's boss also can facebook mah??

 

[besotted]

Facebook is for small immature kids to share this share that

Really cannot make it

 

[kojakbt]

I've just started. Let’s see if George Yeo cares to answer…

http://www.facebook.com/georgeyeopage

Kojak Bt: Hi Mr Yeo, I have a question to ask you with regard to the employment of Singaporeans at the IRs. RWS has said that 70% of its staff are locals. As a Singaporean, I would like to know specifically how many of these locals employed are Singaporeans? I recalled either you or your PAP colleagues have said in parliament th…at one of the main reasons for having IRs is to create jobs for Singaporeans. I further recalled a figure of 35,000 was mentioned. Could you care to comment, since you are one of the main proponents for having the IRs here?