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Nothing new.Even the Y generation PAP MP tin pei ling had her account managed.What it actually means is LHL gonna hire a couple of spin doctors to manage his accounts.Riding on tax payers of course.If LHL can't even string a decent sentence without blundering how can anyone expect him to respond pronto without practicing ?Another wayang.
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/04/20/singapores-lee-hsien-loong-joins-facebook/
[h=1]Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong Joins Facebook[/h]
Facebook, welcome your newest world leader: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
On Friday afternoon, Mr. Lee launched his Facebook page, the latest statesman to “join the fun” of the social-networking site, attracting more than 4, 000 “likes” in two hours. Using Facebook’s new timeline feature, Mr. Lee’s page included a string of photos from the statesman’s youth, including one of his primary school graduation in 1963 and one from the University of Cambridge in 1974, with his father, Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, standing proudly beside him.
Mr. Lee’s page also includes a photo from his wedding with Ho Ching, now the head of sovereign-wealth fund Temasek Holdings, and photos from political milestones like his swearing-in ceremony as prime minister in 2004.
After the ruling People’s Action Party was dealt a bruising, narrow win at the polls in last year’s general elections, many cited the role played by social media, a far more loosely monitored sphere than Singapore’s traditional media. Since then, many establishment politicians have embraced social networks –an arena once dominated by opposition voices – in an effort to connect more with the highly wired Singaporean population. More than 2.6 million in Singapore, or 56% of the population, is on Facebook according to social marketing website socialbakers.com. Twitter has around 619, 000 Singapore users, or 19% of the population, according to a February ComScore report...................
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/04/20/singapores-lee-hsien-loong-joins-facebook/
[h=1]Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong Joins Facebook[/h]
Facebook, welcome your newest world leader: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
On Friday afternoon, Mr. Lee launched his Facebook page, the latest statesman to “join the fun” of the social-networking site, attracting more than 4, 000 “likes” in two hours. Using Facebook’s new timeline feature, Mr. Lee’s page included a string of photos from the statesman’s youth, including one of his primary school graduation in 1963 and one from the University of Cambridge in 1974, with his father, Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, standing proudly beside him.
Mr. Lee’s page also includes a photo from his wedding with Ho Ching, now the head of sovereign-wealth fund Temasek Holdings, and photos from political milestones like his swearing-in ceremony as prime minister in 2004.
After the ruling People’s Action Party was dealt a bruising, narrow win at the polls in last year’s general elections, many cited the role played by social media, a far more loosely monitored sphere than Singapore’s traditional media. Since then, many establishment politicians have embraced social networks –an arena once dominated by opposition voices – in an effort to connect more with the highly wired Singaporean population. More than 2.6 million in Singapore, or 56% of the population, is on Facebook according to social marketing website socialbakers.com. Twitter has around 619, 000 Singapore users, or 19% of the population, according to a February ComScore report...................
