Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has increased the multimedia presence on his public Facebook page, by uploading a link to a video of his recent visit to the Ministries of Social Affairs and Labour.

Shaikh Mohammad "followed up on the development plans of the Social Affairs and Labour Ministries and feel[s] satisfied with what has been achieved. Watch a video of my visit http://bit.ly/Qvlo" the status update reads.

Within one hour of the posting, almost 70 Facebook 'fans' of Shaikh Mohammad had sent congratulatory messages and thoughts about the video.

The video shows Shaikh Mohammd being greeted by Social Affairs Minister, Mariam Al Roumi and staff, greeting and chatting to young children. He viewed the model of a special care centre for training and rehabilitating people with special needs, and visited a number of stands that showcase products made by UAE families. At the Labour Ministry, the video shows Shaikh Mohammad discussing issues with Labour Minister Saqr Gobash Saeed Gobash. Shaikh Mohammad was also given a presentation on the new Wage Protection System by Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting Director General of the Ministry.

The video was presented by Shaikh Mohammad's Media Office.

Shaikh Mohammad has been posting information, pictures and correspondence via his public page since June.

He previously opened a private Facebook page, which was so inundated by friend requests that it had to be migrated to a public page - which has greater capacity for comments and friends.