Govt engagement efforts stepped up since elections: Yaacob

• QX179R

  5 May 12, 10:25

  SINGAPORE: Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Yaacob Ibrahim said he has seen changes take place in two areas since the General Elections in May last year.

  Speaking to the media after a visit to the Alkaff Mosque on Friday afternoon, he said one area of change he noticed is the government stepping up engagement efforts.

  "We have stepped up our engagement and there was a call for more voices to be heard and more voices to be invited in some of the processes," Dr Yaacob said.
  
  "What we have done across the government, statutory boards and agencies is to engage as many people as possible before a policy is created or after a policy has been thought through to get some feedback to refine the policy."
  
  Dr Yaacob added that the second area of change is that the government sees more people getting information and news through the new platforms it created on Facebook and Twitter.
  
  "The more important point is to provide our point of view and also allow constructive debate to take place," Dr Yaacob said.
  
  "It is positive because we recognise that society has changed and if society has changed, we also have to change according to the norms."
  
  - CNA/wm

• charlize

  5 May 12, 10:28

  Byelection coming soon.

   

  Good news all coming out fast and furious. 

• charlize

  9 May 12, 20:37

  Huat ah.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  9 May 12, 23:08

  Govt Engagement is deleting negative comments on PM Lee's Facebook...

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  9 May 12, 23:08

  do they have a dedicate team, 24/7 deleting negative comments???

• Dalforce 1941

  9 May 12, 23:09

  PAP better get fucked good in Hougang by elections.

• Watchmansg1

  11 May 12, 07:22

  Engagment in Singapore -  Ruling class vrs Peasant class

   

  Where the Ruling class always says NO.

  And the Peasant class always say Yes .