DS Anwar Ibrahim on Google Hangout On Air on Aug 17, 2012

PRESS STATEMENT
17 AUGUST 2012

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be the first Malaysian and South East Asian politician to be featured on a Google Hangout on Air event.

Previously, Google Hangout has been used to engage citizens by the President of United States, Barrack Obama and also the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard.

This unprecedented event will be held on Friday, 17th August 2012 at 10.30PM.
It can be viewed live from http://www.youtube.com/user/anwarhangout/featured.
So far, more than 700 people have marked their attendance on the facebook page and it is expected to increase even further.
The public can submit their questions via Twitter by using the hashtag #BorakAnwar or by posting it on the Google Plus Events page (http://is.gd/borakanwar) and the Facebook page (http://tiny.cc/borakanwar).
A group of Malaysians will be appearing as guests online from home, all connected via Google Hangout. The 6 guests will take turn to ask questions and each will be rotated to the main view whenever he/she is speaking. 40% of the questions will come from the panellists, 40% from written questions online and the remaining 20% will be picked from questions forwarded while the event is going on.
This Hangout will be moderated by Sharifah Shahidah, Operations Director at KEADILAN’s Secretary General's Office.
Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be streaming live from a studio at TV Selangor.
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KENYATAAN MEDIA
17 OGOS 2012

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan menjadi ahli politik pertama di Malaysia serta Asia Tenggara untuk dipaparkan dalam acara "Google Hangout on Air".
Sebelum ini, Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Barack Obama dan juga Perdana Menteri Australia, Julia Gillard, telah pun menggunakan Google Hangout untuk berinteraksi bersama rakyat.
Acara julung kali ini akan diadakan pada hari Jumaat, 17 Ogos 2012 pada pukul 10:30 malam.
Ia boleh ditonton secara langsung di http://www.youtube.com/user/anwarhangout/featured.
Setakat ini, lebih daripada 700 orang telah pun menandakan kehadiran mereka di halaman Facebook dan dijangka akan meningkat semakin tinggi lagi.
Orang ramai boleh mengemukakan soalan-soalan mereka melalui Twitter dengan menggunakan hashtag #BorakAnwar atau secara bertulis di halaman Google Plus Events (http://is.gd/borakanwar) dan Facebook (http://tiny.cc/borakanwar,) .
Sekumpulan rakyat Malaysia akan muncul sebagai tetamu online melalui Google Hangout dari rumah masing-masing. 6 tetamu ini akan mengambil giliran untuk bertanya soalan dan masing-masing akan menjadi paparan utama apabila sedang berucap. 40% daripada soalan akan ditanya oleh ahli panel, 40% daripada soalan bertulis online manakala 20% selebihnya datang daripada soalan yang dikemukakan semasa acara sedang berlangsung.
Pengarah Operasi di Pejabat Setiausaha Agung KEADILAN, Puan Sharifah Shahidah, akan menjadi moderator bagi Google Hangout kali ini.
Acara Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim ini akan disiarkan secara langsung dari studio di TV Selangor.