Selasa, Julai 07, 2009

GOVERNMENT'S OPENESS TO NEW MEDIA

image KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 (Bernama) -- The government practices an open approach to the new media by having meetings and dialogues with bloggers in efforts to convey government policies to the people.

Minister of Information Communication and Culture Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim said the government always emphasised government policies in every meeting with bloggers as well as reminding them of the Sedition Act, the Defamation Act and the Internal Security Act.

"Among the approaches that the government takes is having meetings and dialogues with bloggers to convey the policies of the government, including the laws, so that each of their actions are in line with the nation's policies especially regarding national security and racial harmony," he said in reply to a question by Senator Shamsudin Mehat in the Dewan Negara on Tuesday.

Rais said his ministry under the Communication and Multimedia Act 1998 organises various seminars and workshops.

"The seminars and workshops are related to issues of cyber usage and security, publications in local newspapers, interviews on the electronic media and advertisements in the media to enhance awareness regarding positive use of the Internet," he said.

He said blogs were a new medium for communication for the young and as such the government also encouraged the people to use the Internet to widen their information and knowledge search.

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