'Like" Facebook of Lee Chong Wei to earn an invite for wedding

Wong Mew Choo, the badminton star is known for her exceptional endurance and stamina, the result of training alongside male shuttlers. She has been in news as also Lee Chong.

 

Datuk Lee Chong Wei – also from Malaysia was ranked first worldwide for 199 consecutive weeks from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. Lee is a silver medalist in both the 2012 Olympic Games and 2008 Olympic Games, thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men's singles event and ending Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games. This achievement also earned him the title Datuk, and a description by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as a national hero. He repeated the achievement four years later in London, thus making him the most successful Malaysian Olympian in history.

Most likely that you have a Facebook account and have the habit of regularly posting updates on your status, your pictures and expressing ‘likes’ and expecting more than what you like.  The popular networking social site recently announced that it has 1 billion active users per month,  and………….. almost 65 million of its users are  from India, making it the second largest country on Facebook.  According to sources, this represents an eight-fold jump in a span of just two years.

The penetration of Internet is not very high – though even people in remote centres do access WWW to check their e-mails, post themselves on FB and various other social networking sites.  Marketeers have been hoping of an Internet boom over the next decade.  The total no. of internet users have been growing by leaps and bounds and the predominant among them is youngsters.  It is reported that FB is planning to introduce more key products and innovations for India, both on desktop and mobiles.  FB is now available in nine languages on phone and 10 languages on desktops.  There are reports that as a promotion campaign, they might provide free talk time to select mobile users.  

This post is not about all that – but about the way to gain an invitation to the wedding of Sport stars.  Chong Wei is famed in Malaysia and thousands yearn to get closer to him and to attend his marriage……… the chances of winning an invitation hinges on computerized effort !!

Anyone who wants to attend the wedding of Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei could be one of 10 lucky fans winning invitations by posting on his Facebook page. The Olympic silver medallist is getting married to sweetheart Wong Mew Choo on November 9 and the chosen few will be able to rub shoulders with celebrities and government dignitaries, local media reported. The competition, likely to trigger some feverish online traffic, begins on Sunday and closes on November 5, Chong Wei’s press office said.

If you wish to be one, you are expected to first click ‘like’ under Chong Wei’s fan page, as also explain why you wish to attend the wedding reception at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. “The 10 best comments will be picked by Chong Wei and his would be wife Wong Mew Choo, based on creativity,” Sachi Choo of Chong Wei’s agency told the Bernama news agency. Results will be announced on November 6 and will be of some interest to officials from the Prime Minister’s office, Health and Trade Ministries, who have confirmed their attendance.

So, one more reason to get connected to the Internet, log on to FB and remain addicted to the social media

With regards – S. Sampathkumar

27^th Oct 2012.