The digital age is about more than just technological know-how. Any nation desiring growth via multimedia and ICT should realise that knowledge is key to prosperity. Having information is of no use unless it is applied.
Truth is, knowledge is empowering. The Asian region is an epitome of how knowledge has been exercised through ICT. Integrated changes in governance and policies, revolutions of economies, paradigm shifts in education — all these have driven new Asian players into prominence in the global information market.
Malaysia’s pro-business government has made ICT its social and economic enabler, with MSC Malaysia as its main vehicle. By accelerating access to ICT and fostering a culture of lifelong learning and innovation, it exemplifies that the information age is an infinite prism that reflects opportunities of many kinds.
MSC Malaysia is not new to the world. But what the world has not realized is that MSC Malaysia is well-positioned to become one of the region’s key ICT and Multimedia hubs.
A decade since its inception, MSC Malaysia has initiated changes in the nation’s social, economic and political systems. A convergent, integrated Malaysia is moulded out of a fountain of knowledge and knowledge applications. Out of these, the knowledge economy or k-economy is cultivated.
Malaysia rides on the k-economy for its next giant leap into the ICT world. High technology, market-oriented and capital-intensive industries are its vehicles into a manufacturing-based, export driven economy powerhouse. This nation of 26.64 million strong (2006) is ever enhancing its information society of “Holistic Malaysians”.
On the other hand, rising cost trends have affected the competitive postures of countries like China, India and the Philippines. This augurs well for Malaysia and its MSC Malaysia, as they have comparatively emerged as a better choice.
Not just international businesses and their leaders, MSC Malaysia’s increasingly positive grasp on the world’s ICT and multimedia market also benefit its local entrepreneurs and their enterprises.
The promotion and projection of MSC Malaysia Status companies into the global front has been relentless. This has resulted in precious opportunities to present home-grown technologies, products and services to regional and global markets.
These companies have also been privy to exchanges of a more global scale — through MSC Malaysia they can now venture into the international arena where revolutionary ideas and innovations are constantly introduced.
As Malaysia sits within the Asia-Pacific cluster of developing nations and economic powerhouses, MSC Malaysia instantly provides local and foreign-based investors with ready market access and penetration.
In short, MSC Malaysia has the answer to both sides of the business world.
To foreign businesses and investors, MSC Malaysia is their optimum ICT and multimedia hub of the East, with geographical advantages, supporting policies, comprehensive infrastructure, and other compelling factors.
To Malaysian-based and MSC Malaysia Status companies, MSC Malaysia is their ticket to the world, taking them up the global platform of ICT and multimedia opportunities, with no end in sight.
