MALAYSIAN PM RESPONDS TO TWITTER, FACEBOOK QUESTIONS VIA YOUTUBE VIDEO CLIPS

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 (Bernama) -- Najib Tun Razak Friday posted three
video clips through the YouTube website in response to the questions raised by
the public on his microblogging website Twitter account last Tuesday.

The Malaysian prime minister said the exercise had given him a "fresh
insight" into how Malaysians actually think and use the social media.

"Many thanks for the overwhelming (response) for the Twitter and Facebook
session last Tuesday. tanyanajib (asknajib) was fifth on Twitter's Trending
Topics worldwide.

"I went through some of the tweets and fb comments, and they were certainly
really interesting ... in fact, some of them were very hilarious," he said over
the video clips.

Najib's initiative has certainly shown that he is implementing the
interactive
way where the people can communicate directly with him using the social media.

In his reply to a question on Talent Corporation, Najib gave the
assurance that
working in Malaysia was a good option in view of the opportunities made
available through the Entry Point Projects (EPP) announced from time to time
under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).

He said various efforts would be taken to instil confidence in those people
who
have yet to decide whether to work in Malaysia or abroad.

Talent Corporation went into operation on Jan 1 and it was focusing on,
among
others, engagement with Malaysians working abroad to let them know the
opportunities available in Malaysia, particularly the economic transformation
programme now under implementation, he said.

"I am convinced and believe that when our economy becomes more robust, we
will
find more Malaysians abroad interested to return home and work in Malaysia," he
said in reply to a question from one Zarul.

Zarul had said he was one of the hundreds of thousands of Malaysians working
abroad and wanted to learn of Talent Corporation's primary strategy to convince
them to return to Malaysia and enjoy the "comfortable" life they now experienced
abroad.

Meanwhile, Najib advised those who have failed in the Sijil Pelajaran
Malaysia (SPM) examination to attend courses in vocational colleges or work in
companies offering skills training.

"Our SPM qualification will not bring us better job opportunities. However,
if we have certain skills, more so if we improve on them, we can look forward
to better remuneration," he said when replying to one "Acik Clunk".

Last Tuesday, Najib provided a window of an hour from 4.30pm on the website
to accept questions.

-- BERNAMA