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MCA'S ICT CENTRE & BRITISH TELECOM SIGN DEAL TO HELP SMEs

September 22, 2006
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(Bernama The Malaysian National News Agency Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)'s Information Communication Technology (ICT) Resource Centre and BT Multimedia Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a research body of British Telecom plc, have inked a deal to jointly promote innovation among Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) companies in Malaysia



Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Datuk Kong Cho Ha said the collaboration was also aimed at improving competitiveness in the ICT industry among SME companies

"SMEs must innovate to compete in the global economy," Kong said after the signing of a memorandum of understanding between MCA ICT Resource Centre and BT Multimedia, here today

BT Multimedia, located in Cyberjaya is a research centre for the world leading communications solutions provider, British Telecom

CEO of MCA ICT Resource Centre, Andrew Wong said the tie-up was one of its initiatives to increase the level of competency among Malaysian SMEs

"We will be looking at forming collaboration with the Malaysian Plastics Association of Malaysia to promote ICT solutions created by SME companies for companies in the plastics industry," Wong said

In addition to this, Wong said, collaboration with the Kuala Lumpur Malay Chamber of Commerce will also be forged

CEO-Asian Research Centre BT Multimedia, Dr Kamal Jit Singh said Malaysian SMEs still lacked the skills to compete in the global ICT industry

"To bring innnovation, there has to be greater efforts to increase skills and promote the creation of more professionals in the country," he said

Meanwhile, Minister of Housing and Local Government, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said increasing global competition from countries such as China and India as well as the fast changing technology innovation landscape were some of the challenges faced in the Malaysian economy

"We will have to address these issues. The MCA Annual General Assembly tommorrow will discusss these issues especially on economic issues as well as education and social," Ong, who is also president of the MCA, said

By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah and Farazira Amira Yusof Copyright 2006 Bernama

Copyright 2006 Bernama - Malaysian National News Agency Source: Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Intelligence Wire.


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