RM1.8 million for six Facebook pages

While the deputy tourism minister justifies the exorbitant cost, a DAP MP, however, calls it ridiculous.

KUALA LUMPUR: Close to RM1.8 million has been spent to create six Tourism Malaysia Facebook applications, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Deputy Tourism Minister James Dawos Mamit said that each application cost RM293,072 to develop, or RM1,758,432 in full.

He said this in response to questions raised by DAP-Rasah MP Anthony Loke and Umno-Tangga Batu MP Idris Haji Haron, who asked why the ministry spent such a huge amount on its social media campaign.

Mamit identified these applications as:

a) Cuti-Cuti 1Malaysia

b) Citrawarna 1Malaysia

c) Karnival Jualan Mega 1Malaysia and Karnival Jualan Akhir Tahun

d) Festival Pelancongan Seni Kontemporari 1Malaysia

e) Kempen 1Malaysia Bersih, 1Malaysia

f) Fabulous Food 1Malaysia

He added that the Citrawarna 1Malaysia Facebook page attracted a total of 20,292 Facebook “likes” since its launch on May 21 this year.

Mamit said that the reason why each application cost so much was because of the tasks associated with them.

“These cover creative works, concepts and ideas, design, flash programming and coding, testing and debugging, uploading and launching of application, system server development and maintenance, development of database from the contest, campaign management and monitoring as well as online advertisements and fan recruitment in Facebook and Google,” the deputy minister said.

‘DAP’s page did not cost a sen’

This reasoning, however, was rubbished by Loke, who called it “ridiculous”.

“These are just Facebook fan pages,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby later.

Showing reporters the Cuti-Cuti 1Malaysia Facebook page on an Ipad, he added: “Anyone can do this. (…) Everyone knows that Facebook pages are free, and you don’t need servers or designs (for them).”

He also pointed to the Citrawarna 1Malaysia flash application, which was linked to a Facebook game.

FMT later opened the application, and found that it was a flash music rhythm game.

According to the application, players who attained high scores while playing Citrawarna 1Malaysia stood a chance to win an IPad 2.

Calling it a waste of public funds, Loke said DAP created similar Facebook fan pages and flash applications at no cost.

He said the Visit Penang Facebook page, designed by the Penang state government did not cost “a single sen”, and had gotten nearly 120,000 Facebook “likes” in the past two years.

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Fw. A Violent Mamak in Penang

 If you are really a Chinese, please stop patronizing a mamak business!
  

Stop sending your cars to BEYOND for washing. The tall guy right behind Ghani is the owner of the BEYOND in Arratoon Road . Pg.
 

All the Chinese must unite and teach these mamaks a good lesson.

Don't go to Mydin store and don't eat at any mamak outlets.
 

A Mamak : Political hatred without any sense ... Antics of Mohamed Ghani Abd Jiman                                       
Watch the incident here
http://www.gotopenang.com/content/mohd-ghani-businessman-komtar-penang-brought-coffin-adun-komtar-ng-wei-aik


 Last Saturday, a mamak from Penang by the name of Mohamed Ghani Abd Jiman bought 2 coffins and sent them to Pg Minister Lim Guan Eng and Komtar assemblyman Ng Wei Aik. You can read the news at, for those who don't already know:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/13/nation/8258879&sec=nation

This Mamak had also threatened Lim to a fistfight previously.

If this mamak had taken the time to do some fact finding, he would have found out that in Chinese culture, to a living person receiving a coffin, it is actually an auspicious event. That's why a lot of older Chinese buy a coffin and keep it in their houses for use when they die.   It is believed that having such a coffin can bring good luck and fortune and keep death away.   However the mischievious person sending the coffin to a living person will have, excuse the pun 'grave' consequences coming his way!

The mamaks of Penang have been very vocal and very much against the Chinese there. Even Gerakan, a BN component party had been on the receiving end of their foul mouths. A few years ago, and I can't recall what actually happened, the Chinese there started boycotting mamak businesses, especially their restaurants and foodstalls.  And it was effective!

Their businesses started suffering.   One restaurant owner complained that the Chinese were putting sand onto their rice bowls.   Its our money...our choice ! Served them right.   I recall that some Chinese even boycotted some gas stations on suspicions that it belong to mamaks. They use their foul mouths, we use our economic strength.   It's all cause and effect!....since authorities are not doing anything to stop his schoolboy pranks, so its one thing after another and getting bolder and bolder thinking he has gain support even from the police !

So why am I sending this email to you?   I am hoping to start a viral email to all and sundry to start doing the same.   Avoid all mamak businesses all over Malaysia . Mydin stores are mamak-owned so for those of you who want to help in this campaign, you know what to do.     Boycott racist Petronas too.

Mamaks don't do much business with Chinese, so there's no threat from them.
But still some local Chinese do patronise mamak eateries.......
High time All of Us refrain from eating mamak food !
Please send this email to as many of your friends as possible. There are already other people in the blog world doing the same. Teach these mamaks a lesson!

If you're hungry for teh tarik and roti canai, go to Indian restaurants/stalls instead !

What kind of baby are you?

What kind of baby are you?  Babies born in:

January baby was "produced" between March to April 
February baby was "make" in April to May
March baby was "make" in May to June
April Baby was "make" between June to July
May Baby was "make" between July to August
June Baby was "make" between August to September
July Baby was "make" between Sept to October

August Baby was "Make" between October to November (that's me and my dad!)
September Baby was "Make" between November to December  (That's my Eldest sister)
October baby was "make" between December to January (that's my youngest sister and my mum)
November baby was "Make" between January to February
December baby was "make" between February to March (that's my grandmother)

Christmas baby: Delivered between September to October
Chinese New Year baby: Delivered between November to December
Easter Baby: Delivered on February.
Deepavali baby: Delivered between December to January

List of phones I've owned so far...

As per title.  I owned my 1st phone back in 1999.  I was 20 years old then...  My 1st phone's a Green Nokia 5110.  It was with me for 2 months only coz It dropped off my pocket.  Here's the list of my phones I owned:


Primary Phones  / Secondary Phone

1) Nokia 5110 (June 99 to Aug 99)

2) NEC DB500 (UK-spec) Aug 99 to Aug 00)

3) Nokia 3210 (Aug 00 to April 2002) / Siemens C35i (April 2001 to August 2001)

4) Ericsson T39m (April 2002 to April 2004) / Alcatel OT512 Gold (Sept 2004 till Oct 2005)

5) Sony Ericsson T610 (April 2004 to Nov 2005) / Nokia 6510 (Oct 2005 till Oct 2007)
6) Nokia 3230 Symbian (Nov 2005 to Dec 2006) 

7) SonyEricsson K618i (December 2006 to October 2007)  / (Oct 2007 till today)

8) SonyEricsson K810i (Oct 2007 to Nov 2008)

9) SonyEricsson K850i (Nov 2008 to July 2009)

10) Nokia N79 (July 2009 till today)

That's all folks, thanks for having the time and patience to read this blog entry...