UMNO launches Internet paper

Thu, 02 Mar 2000, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's ruling United Malays National
Organization (UMNO) launched on Wednesday an Internet newspaper
that will also give its 2.7 million members a live broadcast of
major meetings.

E-UMNO News will carry a live telecast of May's general
assembly which will select leaders in UMNO, including speeches by
UMNO president and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, the official
Bernama news agency said. The website address is
wwwAumno.org.my/e-umno.

Party executive secretary Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor was
quoted as saying that news conferences by Mahathir after UMNO's
monthly meeting of its Supreme Council, the highest decision-
making body, would also be shown live.

He said the website would be updated daily. News will be
divided into several segments -- message from the leadership,
news from the party headquarters, youth and women's wings, the
economy and religious and social topics.

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