85 Percent Malaysians Understand

The 1Malaysia Concept

Some 85 percent of Malaysia, People First Performance Now Concept,  Information Department Director General, Dato'' Abdullah Morad said.

He said through the department''s activities such as civic assemblies, Komuniti 1Malaysia, Kelab Setia, special briefings, merdeka month activities, among others, more people had understand the concept.

He said this at a reception held in conjunction with a two-day briefing session for information officers held at a leading hotel in the city.

More than 100 officers of the departments including divisional and district information officers statewide attended the briefings which was then followed by a workshop on the yearly targeted task (sasaran kerja tahunan).

Dato'' Morad said the Information Department was the main department carrying out the 1Malaysia campaign at the ground level while RTM had helped to promote the  concept through the electronic media.

Earlier, in the afternoon, he told the officers present that the department was undergoing a transformation programme this year.

He said among the new programmes to be introduced were strategic Information policy, information data bank, research and cyber media, mastering the English language and a new set of guidelines on the use of the public address system.

He said at certain times, the department spent too much time to set up the use of the public address system for other departments and agencies so much so it had distrupted the implementation of the department''s own activities and programmes.