By FMT TeamSIBU: In the war to woo and convince Sibu’s “under-40s” community to back them, lead rivals in the Sibu parliamentary by-election – DAP’s Wong Ho Leng and Barisan Nasional’s Robert Lau Hui Yew – have taken their campaign into cyberspace.
Ho’s camp is kick-starting his campaign on Youtube today while Lau launched his website yesterday.
DAP Bandar Sibu by-election director, Chong Chieng Jen, said the videos would be uploaded today after Wong’s candidacy becomes official.
Speaking at a press conference, Chong said the two five-minute videos was part of the party’s strategy to reach out to the young voters.
He said the videos were in three languages – Mandarin, English and Bahasa Malaysia.
Also present with him yesterday were two MPs from the Peninsula – Teo Nie Ching (Serdang) and Tony Pua (PJ Utara).
Lau's Facebook
Lau is using his website to “bring people closer to him” and to keep them informed of his activities.
“In the website, I have a space for my voters so that they can leave messages or give me feedback on my campaign,” he said.
He added that the language was mainly in Chinese to win over the Chinese voters who made up two-thirds of the total voters in Sibu.
According to the Election Commission’s latest electoral list, 67% of the voters in the Sibu constituency are Chinese, 10.7% Malay/Melanaus and 22% Sarawak Bumiputeras.
‘The main language in the website is Chinese, but there are also some entries in Malay and English,” Las said, adding that the website carries his daily blog, news collection and local issues.
Lau, who is five-term Sibu municipal councillor, has also been active on the social network service Facebook since early last month.
“The response has been amazing. They (fans) have so many questions and I am answering every one in my Facebook,” he said.
Lau’s website is www.robertlauhuiyew.com. He can also be reached via Facebook at Robert Hui Yew Lau and robertlauhuiyew@gmail.com .
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