APCO SERVICES NOT USED IN PROMOTING 1MALAYSIA CONCEPT

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Information
Communication and Culture is not using the services of the international consulting firm, Apco Worldwide, in promoting the 1Malaysia concept.

Its deputy minister, Joseph Salang said the firm was not involved at
all in the ministry's affairs.

"As far as I know, my ministry is not using the services of the company.
Apco is not involved in the affairs of the ministry," he said when winding up
the debate on the Royal address pertaining to the ministry at the House of
Representatives Tuesday.

He said this when responding to Mahfuz Omar, a Member of Parliament (MP)
who interrupted his winding up and asked whether the ministry was using Apco's
advisory service to promote 1Malaysia through the use of the new media.

Salang said the ministry, via the Information Department, had created its
Facebook social website which now has more than 6,000 members and created its
YouTube to upload videos and audios on the 1Malaysia concept.

-- BERNAMA