MalayMail-July 4
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob launched Malaysia Digital today as the new national strategic initiative to spur the growth of the country’s digital economy.
Spearheaded by the Communications and Multimedia Ministry (K-KOMM) through the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Ismail Sabri said the country’s new blueprint to attract high-tech firms, talent, and investments and simultaneously empower Malaysians and local businesses to partake in the global digital economy.
“Malaysia’s digital economy has reached 22.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) last year and it is expected to grow beyond the initial target of 25.5 per cent by 2025. “The Multimedia Super Corridor, or better known as MSC Malaysia, has successfully transformed and diversified its economy from agriculture -based, commodity and industry to a knowledge -based economy and information communication technology (ICT),” he said in his speech. He said Malaysia Digital will now succeed MSC Malaysia, which has served to transform Malaysia into a knowledge-based economy since 1996. The PM added that with a new and enhanced framework, Malaysia Digital will seek to enhance the nation’s digital capabilities and economy. He said that countries that took the opportunity to make adjustments, in terms of mechanisms and capabilities, to face the new digital economy ecosystem after the Covid-19 pandemic would be at the forefront of global races and competitions. Read more at:
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/07/04/pm-launches-malaysia-digital-to-replace-msc/15679
