AG QUESTIONS HEALTH MINISTRY PAYMENT OF RM320,000 TO TWO COMPANIES TO DEVELOP FACEBOOK & TWITTER ACCOUNTS

Health Ministry spends RM320k on FB, Twitter

AUDIT REPORT The auditor-general has questioned the Health Ministry’s payment of RM320,000 to two companies to enhance its social media presence by developing two Facebook and Twitter accounts.

The expenditure, during Liow Tiong Lai’s tenure as minister, comprise payment of RM199,068 to Eficaz Media Sdn to develop the first Facebook page for the anti-smoking ‘Tak Nak merokok’ campaign.

The second Facebook page and the Twitter account were developed by Astonish View Sdn Bhd for the ‘Kempen intervensi penyakit tidak berjangkit’ (intervention campaign for non-contagious diseases), costing RM120,500.