Continued emphasis on ICT


  • Business
  • Saturday, 02 Sep 2006

PETALING JAYA: The Government has demonstrated continued emphasis on driving the use of technology in high growth sectors including information and communications technology (ICT), biotechnology and modern agriculture. 

Among the beneficiaries of Budget 2007 are the Multimedia Development Corp (MDeC), which will receive RM154mil to boost its services including small and medium enterprise (SME) industry development programmes. Mimos Bhd, the country's ICT and microelectronics research and development (R&D) body, will also receive RM162mil to carry out various initiatives such as mobile broadband engines, e-learning applications and R&D in language technology especially Bahasa Melayu. 

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