{"id":254,"date":"2007-05-23T16:30:03","date_gmt":"2007-05-23T08:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/05\/23\/zainuddins-take-on-bloggers-and-book-on-may-13\/"},"modified":"2007-05-24T18:41:13","modified_gmt":"2007-05-24T10:41:13","slug":"zainuddins-take-on-bloggers-and-book-on-may-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/05\/23\/zainuddins-take-on-bloggers-and-book-on-may-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Zainuddin’s take on bloggers and book on May 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lately, I found that most of the bloggers have the tendency to question the basis of the social contract which had been agreed upon by our forefathers,” he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

  – well if bloggers are a small representation of the population, then imagine how many non-bloggers are talking about the outdated social contract established 50 years ago. How about 50% of the malaysian population? would that be worth considering? <\/p>\n

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On the publication of a book on May 13 by former Petaling Jaya MP Dr Kua Kia Soong, Zainuddin said the book would only serve to arouse anxiety among multiracial Malaysians.  <\/p>\n

“Some issues raised in the book can harm the social contract that has been well-received by the Malays, Chinese and Indians,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

 Arouse anxiety among which malaysians? the ones that have something to hide? Can harm the social contract? How? by realising how much it has maligned our multiracial communities? <\/p>\n

is it not, that the truth hurts? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Zam: Few people read blogs <\/div>\n
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KUALA LUMPUR: Political web blogs have a very small following of about 20,000 people, Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said.  <\/p>\n

“Only that number out of the 11 million Internet users in the country are actively involved in political blogs. The political bloggers just write for each other to read; they are not a threat,” he added.  <\/p>\n

Zainuddin reminded bloggers of their responsibilities in maintaining harmony among Malaysia’s multiracial society.  <\/p>\n

“They should not try to incite the people,” he said after launching the Malaysian Press Institute’s (MPI) new logo and witnessing the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the institute and the United Kingdom’s Thomson Foundation.  <\/p>\n

The foundation works to-wards improving communication around the world.  <\/p>\n

MPI was represented by its acting chairman Datuk Chamil Wariya and Thomson Foundation by its head of regional partnerships Russel Lyne.  <\/p>\n

He said bloggers, being the so-called “citizen journalists,” must not abuse the freedom given by the Government and must be responsible in their writings and actions so as not to jeopardise unity among the people.  <\/p>\n

Zainuddin advised the public not to be influenced by the negative views of certain bloggers about the Government.  <\/p>\n

Earlier in his speech, Zainuddin said media practitioners and bloggers had their own roles in developing the nation through their writings.  <\/p>\n

“Lately, I found that most of the bloggers have the tendency to question the basis of the social contract which had been agreed upon by our forefathers,” he said.  <\/p>\n

On the publication of a book on May 13 by former Petaling Jaya MP Dr Kua Kia Soong, Zainuddin said the book would only serve to arouse anxiety among multiracial Malaysians.  <\/p>\n

“Some issues raised in the book can harm the social contract that has been well-received by the Malays, Chinese and Indians,” he added. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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