Government PR

Public relations department in government sector is said to be the oldest department in history which already existed since 12 Sept 1945 during the period Japanese surrendered to the British. Back then it was called "Printing and Publicity Unit", situated in Singapore. PR was known as "Jabatan Perhubungan Raya" in the end of Mac 1946. Later in 1950, "Jabatan Perhubungan Raya" has changed to "Jabatan Penerangan" and is responsible to the Minister of Affairs in State, until 1955 when this …

…public. Just as any other private company, the employee in the government sector will have to be satisfied with their position in order to be a productive employee and therefore an asset to the government. Therefore PR was used as a method to improve the employee relationships and communications. PR was used when news and policies are needed to be informed to them and also plays a big role in their on-going motivation and training.