When Power Speaks Poorly: Why Ministers Need PR Training

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3 Nov 2025 • 2:00 PM MYT
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The recent outburst by housing and local government minister Nga Kor Ming is a textbook case for why ministers – not just their press secretaries – need proper public relations training. When a simple question about the use of an English name for the “I Lite U” campaign spiralled into the scolding of a journalist, the issue was no longer about language policy, but about temperament, perception, and the lost art of communication.

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