Information Minister Promotes Gov’t Use of Social Media

Minister of Information Khieu Kanarith has encouraged all provincial and city information departments to set up and maintain their own homepages, websites and profiles on the Internet, including popular social networking sites such as Facebook, officials said yesterday. The minister, who posts frequent updates on his own personal Facebook profile, made his recommendation during a speech to other Information Ministry officials in Kampot province on March 22. … He also said that if officials are having problems setting up websites or profiles, the ministry’s information technology department is at their disposal. …