Malaysian National News Agency Chairman advised to use novel ways to explain the government's transformation programmes

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) Chairman Abdul Rahman Sulaiman Wednesday advised the organisation's journalists to use novel ways to explain the government's transformation programmes to enable the people understand and support them.

He said Bernama, as a government information agency, should take the lead in
assisting the government explain its transformation measures through news
reports easily understood by the people.

He said the country had a committed leadership to bring about the
transformation but the government needed the support of its officers.

"This is a time most apt to explain the government's transformation
programmes through feature articles or talk shows presented in easily
understandable language.

"Perhaps, we can emerge as the first agency to do this. As such, Bernama
should find novel approaches to assist the government achieve the desired
result, which is to make Malaysia a high-income nation by 2020," he said when
opening a meeting of Bernama bureau chiefs and state correspondents at the
agency's headquarters, here.



Abdul Rahman said that as far as news reports were concerned, many
people-centred government transformation programmes had yet to be highlighted,
leaving many people unaware of the existence and importance of these projects.

He said it was important for the people to know what the government had
implemented in meeting the targets to raise the per capita income of the people
and mould the country into a developed nation by 2020.

He also reminded journalists not to deviate from government policies to the
extent of causing confusion among the people.