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Feb 20, 2010
More MPs on Facebook
By Zakir Hussain
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
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.
Feb 20, 2010
More MPs on Facebook
By Zakir Hussain
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
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.
