Malaysiakini:
Higher education minister's Tiktok competition causes a stir
CORONAVIRUS | Higher Education Minister Noraini Ahmad caused a stir after promoting a TikTok competition yesterday, which appeared to be an effort to get youths out of a funk during the movement control order period.
TikTok is a social media application used to send short videos, typically between 15 to 60 seconds. It is especially popular with youths.
In a promotional video for the contest, Noraini urged youths to stay at home and use their creativity to win prizes.
The promotional video featured two social media personalities, Norreen Iman and Iskandar Rahman, dancing to a remixed track that used portions of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's stay at home speech.
The contest was to be held from yesterday until April 14 and is open to youths aged 18 to 26.
However, there was a strong backlash against the competition, following which social media posts promoting it were removed today.
Lawyer Firdaus Husni tweeted that Noraini could have used social media to address concerns held by students throughout the MCO such as what will happen to the rest of the academic year, paying student fees, e-learning and exams.
"But no, you have to do a TikTok (competition)," she tweeted.
TikTok is a social media application used to send short videos, typically between 15 to 60 seconds. It is especially popular with youths.
In a promotional video for the contest, Noraini urged youths to stay at home and use their creativity to win prizes.
The promotional video featured two social media personalities, Norreen Iman and Iskandar Rahman, dancing to a remixed track that used portions of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's stay at home speech.
The contest was to be held from yesterday until April 14 and is open to youths aged 18 to 26.
However, there was a strong backlash against the competition, following which social media posts promoting it were removed today.
Lawyer Firdaus Husni tweeted that Noraini could have used social media to address concerns held by students throughout the MCO such as what will happen to the rest of the academic year, paying student fees, e-learning and exams.
"But no, you have to do a TikTok (competition)," she tweeted.
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