Saturday, November 29, 2008

Political parties need to use alternative media

TAWAU, Political parties today need to make full use of the alternative media in the form of internet medias as an effort to continue to remain dynamic and relevant in channeling information to the general public especially among the young generation.

Assistant Minister of Youth and Sport Sabah and State Assemblyman for Tamparuli, YB Datuk Jahid Jahin said it is essential for such venture as the public need to know both side of a story and not merely relying on just one side on any issue.

Jahid who is also the president of the youth wing of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) in an interview said statistic shows that some 60 percent of young Malaysian tend to read news through alternative media such as blogs and not the current mainstream media such as newspaper, radio or television.

`We need to embrace the current technology and make use of it for the sake of the country’s wellbeing’, he added.

He congratulate the effort by the party’s of Sri Tanjong who had launched its’ own blog as an alternative in publicizing their activities as situation now demanded the usage of such blog as another mean of spreading information.

`It is a good effort and I welcome such move by the party’s Sri Tanjong’s bahagian chairman Fung Len Fui and his deputy Chong Hon Vun as messages need to be extended to the whole Malaysian at every level’, he stated.

Jahid reasoned that blogs can also be useful to obtain feedbacks from the young Malaysian surfing the net as it is the best channel for them to express their opinion on any matter.

`I am very happy with the involvement of young generation into ICT in what is now called cyber debate making our youth compatible with youth around the world’, he added.

Jahid said this during a dinner with PBS leaders of the district recently.

The PBS Sri Tanjong blog can be access at http://pbs-sri-tanjong-news.blogspot.com/ (English), http://pbs-sri-tanjong-berita.blogspot.com/ (bahasa Malaysia) and http://pbs-sri-tanjong.blogspot.com/ (Chinese).

Caption: Jahid (seated in white long sleeve shirt) with other PBS leaders of the district.