Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak has another fervent passion Facebook.

Besides politics, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak has another fervent passion Facebook.

Like millions of people around the world, Najib has joined the social networking website to reach out to the masses - more so Malaysians - , hoping to bridge the political divide between the old and young generations.

In a recent interview with an Indian television station, Najib spoke fondly of Facebook although he had hardly time to surf, but said that a team managed and frequently updated his site which, he says, now had about 80,000 fans.

"I have an idea of inviting all of them to have tea with me, but the number is large. Maybe, I will have a few hundred at a time," Najib told New Delhi Television (NDTV) during his recent visit to Chennai.

"Malaysia is a new generation, not incumbent with old baggage. We have to adjust. They don't want to see us as old tired politicians. We have to change with time because it is an IT-savvy generation," said Najib, who merrily shared his thoughts about his Facebook campaign. Facebook, with over 350 million users, is increasingly becoming a powerful social networking tool around the globe, and being a seasoned politician, Najib is turning to the digital superhighway to connect to Malaysians at large.

"Malaysians are generally warm and sincere. We must have the personal rapport to move forward," he told the NDTV interviewer in an exclusive interview.

Najib concluded by saying that leaders needed to provide the political direction to the people, mainly to the younger generation, in order to march into an increasingly globalised 21st century.