Wah, civil servants must surf blogs more often now?

I read this very interesting news, though not Penang-related, but it is interesting nevertheless.

KUALA LUMPUR: The civil service has to respond not only to the conventional media but also the alternative media to deliver services more efficiently, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said yesterday.

“Gone are the days when public officials could choose to ignore the media, complaints, telephones ringing or even letters to editors,” he said during a luncheon talk titled Challenges of Malaysian Business Competitiveness in the Global Economy.

He said the notion that the alternative media was associated with “young punks” no longer held true as it now knew no age limit.

“Even the Prime Minister himself has initiated a website for the public to write in directly to him on any issues,” he said.

The website – www.warkahuntukpm.com.my – was launched on March 1. – Bernama

Hmmm...the news is pretty confusing at best. It started by saying civil servants must respond to alternative media (which I take to mean online media and blogs) instead of just conventional media.

Then he went on to say that they have been ignoring the conventional media too.

So, which is which la?

Methinks the civil servants have been ignoring everything related to work so what's the point of this issue inserted into your talk? Another gimmick to try to get more people to go to the warkah site?

Aiyah, you want to tell the civil servants to work instead of going for teh tarik every five minutes, say so la. No need to beat around the bush and using the words media and alternative media just to get your words into Bernama. Don't worry la, you the chief secretary mah so sure la Bernama will put up whatever you said even if you talk crap.

And what's with the alternative media associated to 'young punks' thing? Hello, you old foggies may think that but that does not mean everyone else think the same, okay?