The China Post
Date: December 2, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

Minister without Portfolio Audrey Tang recently logged on to the popular web forum PTT to recruit

Minister without Portfolio Audrey Tang recently logged on to the popular web forum PTT to recruit civil servants, as part of her efforts to promote the concept of “open government.”

civil servants, as part of her efforts to promote the concept of “open government.”

Posting in the online bulletin board’s “PublicServan [sic] ” discussion area, Tang — popularly known as the country’s first “digital minister” — wrote a post to recruit civil service personnel, saying that candidates should be passionate about “government culture” and be internet literate in order to help consolidate, communicate and coordinate the government’s online initiatives.

“Do you believe certain agency deputies will be able to find these passionate individuals among the vast sea of civil servants? Perhaps they can, but let’s work to increase the chances,” Tang wrote under her username “audreytang.” Tang added that the offer was intended to staff agencies that are currently lacking manpower for online initiatives.    [FULL  STORY]