Najib's 500,000th, Millionth Followers On Twitter And Facebook To Have Tea With M'sian PM

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) -- The 500,000th and millionth followers of Najib Tun Razak's Twitter and Facebook will be invited for tea with the Malaysian Prime Minister on a date to be announced later. Najib said the meeting was a gesture of his thanks for the support of his social media in the last three years as Prime Minister. Najib said in this period, the online social media had expanded to become an important platform for him to communicate with the people. "I am amazed at the increase of the number of Malaysians who are following d me on Twitter and Facebook each day, as such we would be reaching the 500,000th on Twitter and millionth member on Facebook. "After my twitting tonight, I thought for a moment. I propose to meet my 500,000th Twitter follower and millionth Facebook follower," he said in his latest entry in the blog www.1Malaysia.com on Wednesday. The prime minister said more details about the programme would be posted later. On Tuesday, Najib in his Tweet announced that the number of his followers in Twitter and facebook had reached almost 500,000 and one million respectively. "Admittedly, trying to connect with everyone isn’t as easy when so many people are expecting replies from me, but I can hardly blame you," he said. The prime minister also hoped his followers would stay connected with him and support his work for the country. -- BERNAMA