Thursday, May 22, 2008

WCIT 2008 - Positive Mega Impact for Malaysia


World Congress of Information Technology (WCIT) 2008 that being held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre ends today. The congress has succeeded to attract billions of investment from IT mega players such as HP, TeleTech, AIG and Rhythm And Hues Studios, as said by Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The total investment is MYR 8.3 billion (USD $ 2.6 billion), thus offering lots of business opportunity and also job opportunities for the Malaysians. This success is a sign and proof that big investors are very confident in Malaysia’s capability in ICT sector.

Meanwhile, Malaysia’s Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr. Maximus Ongkili who also at the congress press conference said that Malaysia will set up a database for potential business in ICT sector and the database will serve in giving current information on ICT products and services available to the member countries of the World Information Technology and Service Alliance (WITSA).

Reference:
WCIT 2008 tarik pelaburan RM8.3 bilion
Malaysia to set up database on business opportunities in ICT

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