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| Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has launched his official Facebook page, at leehsienloong@facebook. PM Lee said he will try to post as often as he can himself, while his staff will help to maintain the page. (Photo courtesy Straits Times) |
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Singapore. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has launched his official Facebook page, at leehsienloong@facebook.
In a
welcome note posted at 2:38 p.m. on Friday, PM Lee said social media has
changed the way people live, work and play — especially in the way they connect
with one another. “Societies, communities and governments all over the world
will not be the same again,” he said.
PM Lee
noted that many of his colleagues have been using social media and had encouraged
him to start his own Facebook page. “Having watched them, I have decided to
join the fun,” he added.
While his
staff will help maintain the page, PM Lee said he will try to post as often as
he can himself. While he will use the page to talk about some of the things he
is doing and thinking about, PM Lee also asked netizens to share their ideas,
advice and suggestions on the page in the four national languages.
The page
already has photos of key moments in PM Lee’s political career, such as when he
was sworn in as Singapore’s third Prime Minister in 2004 and the opening of the
12th Parliament in 2011.
It includes
nuggets of information about PM Lee’s interests, which include reading, walking
and “tinkering with computers.” It is also linked to PM Lee’s new Twitter
account, launched at the same time as his Facebook page.
Using a
smiley face and breezy Internet lingo in his first Facebook post, PM Lee said
he hoped netizens would “like (and Like)” what they read on his page. Thanking
them for their support, he signed off with his initials - LHL.
PM Lee
welcomed netizens to his Facebook page with this opening address:
“Hello
Everybody,
Welcome to
my Facebook page! :-))
The social
media have changed the way we live, work and play, especially the way we
connect with one another. Societies, communities and governments all over the
world will not be the same again.
Many of my
colleagues have been using social media, including Facebook. They have
encouraged me to start my own Facebook page. Having watched them, I have
decided to join the fun.
I hope you
will find my Facebook page interesting. I will use it to talk about some of the
things I am doing, and thinking about, but I would also like to hear from you.
Let’s use this page to help shape ideas and understanding of what we can do
together to improve our lives.
As a
Facebook newbie, I would appreciate your advice, suggestions and, most of all,
your patience. My staff will help me maintain this page, but I will try to post
as often as I can myself. I will sign off my own posts with the initials ‘LHL’.
If you wish to write in Malay, Chinese or Tamil, please feel free to do so.
I hope you
like (and Like) what you read. Thank you very much for your support.
-LHL”
Reprinted courtesy of Straits Times
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