Friday March 31, 2006
MSC to go into phase 2
By H. AMIR KHALID
THE Multimedia Super Corridor will go into its second phase with the inception of the 9th Malaysia Plan. Development of existing MSC cybercities will continue, and newly-identified cybercentres in Perak, Malacca, Johor and Sarawak will also be developed. This should bring another 250 multinational companies into the MSC.
The number of MSC-status companies is projected to grow from 1,421 as of last year to some 4,000 by 2010, and these are expected to create some 100,000 new jobs and generate about 1,400 new intellectual properties.
Malaysia will also promote local-foreign cooperation in ICT (information and communications technology) research and development; extend MSC benefits in line with the geographical expansion of the MSC; and encourage the usage of domestic IT products and services.
The MSC will also set up more technology incubators under its Technopreneur Development Programme to nurture new ICT ventures, with enhanced mentoring help and technology risk assessment services provided to technopreneurs. It will also foster the creation of an innovative research community via the R&D Cluster initiative.
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Students using computer Internet access at SRK Dato Hashim 2 in Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan recently. The development of Web-enabled Smart School applications is to be accelerated. |
The Multimedia Development Corp (MDC) will embark on joint strategic marketing and promotional programmes with the local private sector, as well as promote more alliances and joint ventures between local companies and foreign multinationals.
The MDC will also be geared towards providing technical and consultancy services to guide lead agencies in implementing MSC multimedia applications. To this end, it will set up a new applications centre to develop and test new technologies, keep abreast of new technologies, and build up core competencies.
As for the Government itself, its e-Services project will see more services introduced and made accessible from a single portal, while the various government applications are to be streamlined to ensure compliance with global standards by benchmarking applications against international standards.
The development of the Government Multipurpose Card as a common applications platform will be continued, and more security features will be added as necessary. The development of Web-enabled Smart School applications is to be accelerated. Private healthcare providers will be encouraged to join the public sector in the implementing the Life Health Plan services to improve national health planning and execution.
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