(Feb 19): Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh and Salam Sejahtera,
Yang Berhormat Senior Ministers
Yang Amat Berhormat Menteri Besar and Ketua Menteri
Yang Berhormat Dato’ Sri Mustapa Bin Mohamed,
Minister within the Prime Minister’s Division (Economic system)
Honorable Ministers
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Bin Ali
Chief Secretary To The Authorities
Secretaries-general of Ministries, Heads of Division,
Distinguished visitors, women and gents
Apa khabar semua? I hope you all are in one of the best of well being, insya-Allah.
1. Initially, allow us to specific our gratitude to Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala as a result of with His permission, we’re right here, nearly, collectively at this launching ceremony of MyDIGITAL and the Malaysia Digital Economic system Blueprint this high quality morning.
Women and Gents,
2. The digital wave continues to have an effect on the worldwide neighborhood, reaching a scale that has by no means been achieved earlier than and has utterly modified the life of most communities all around the world. If we have been to look again simply 5 years in the past, there have been countless adjustments we will see in numerous and long-ranging points. Whether or not when it comes to the way in which we work together with one another, the way in which we study, doing enterprise, and even the way in which we monitor our private well being, every little thing may be very completely different and has modified with the contact of know-how. Superior applied sciences similar to synthetic intelligence (AI), web of issues (IOT) or massive knowledge analytics and blockchain; all of them have modified the patterns of the world’s financial system and the lifestyle of contemporary society.
3. The position of digital know-how is clear, particularly, since a 12 months in the past following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which has led to powerful, troublesome challenges going through all nations to proceed enterprise as common. It has by no means been clearer that know-how is a handy device for development in one of the best of instances, and a vital device of survival throughout probably the most difficult of crises.
4. The mastery of digital know-how can also be key for our nation to beat productiveness limitations, therefore, upgrading the Malaysian financial system. The power to grab alternatives rising from revolutionary applied sciences and enterprise fashions, performs an vital position in driving new engines of the nation’s financial progress.
Women and Gents,
5. The MyDIGITAL initiative goals to empower each Malaysian, from Perlis to Sabah, to enhance their lives in all points. Amongst others, it contains concepts and plans to enhance digital literacy, creates high-income jobs, makes banking and finance enterprise simpler and extra organized, gives digital instructional entry to our kids and brings medical services to distant cities.
6. It additionally serves as a digital transformation route plan that is ready to drive the enterprise sector to compete on the worldwide enviornment by enhancing expediency and effectivity of their operations.
Women and Gents,
7. As a caring and responsive authorities, right this moment, I want to announce the MyDIGITAL initiative which incorporates the Malaysia Digital Economic system Blueprint. This initiative will complement the nationwide growth insurance policies such because the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (12MP) and the Imaginative and prescient for Shared Prosperity 2030 (WKB 2030).
8. MyDIGITAL units out a mix of initiatives and targets throughout three phases of implementation till the 12 months 2030;
i) By 2025, the digital financial system is anticipated to contribute 22.6 % to the nation’s Gross Home Product (GDP).
ii) On the identical time, the plan additionally goals to supply 500,000 job alternatives within the digital financial system.
iii) The federal government additionally encourages 875,000 micro, small and medium enterprises to just accept the usage of e-commerce.
iv) As well as, these initiatives below the auspices of MyDIGITAL additionally function catalysts for five,000 start-up firms to start their operations within the subsequent 5 years.
v) These initiatives would be the start line to draw new investments price RM70 billion within the digital sector, from inside and out of doors the nation.
vi) The federal government can also be focusing on for the extent of productiveness of the financial sector to extend by 30 % greater than what that has been achieved right this moment, by 2030.
vii) For the general public sector, all companies will present cashless transaction services as the principle choice by 2022.
Women and Gents,
9. To speed up innovation and create an efficient digital ecosystem, 4 vital sorts of digital infrastructure below MyDIGITAL should be constructed first. Improvement efforts will likely be collectively undertaken by the Authorities and the personal sector the place the latter will share in contributing in the direction of capital fund and experience;
10. Firstly, a complete of RM21 billion will likely be invested over the following 5 years via the Nationwide Digital Community (JENDELA) mission to strengthen the present connectivity. This mounted line optical fibre community will cowl nearly 100 per cent populated areas in levels – from 7.5 million premises by the top of 2022 to 9 million premises by the top of 2025. Based mostly on this wider fibre optic community protection, this nation will likely be higher ready to change to fifth technology mobile networking know-how (“5G”) within the close to future.
11. Secondly, a complete of RM1.65 billion will likely be invested by a number of telecommunication firms to strengthen connectivity to the worldwide submarine cable community till the 12 months 2023. This may open up more room for quicker and extra secure worldwide knowledge switch, thus reducing web prices to customers in Malaysia.
12. Thirdly, a complete of RM15 billion will likely be invested over a interval of ten years for the implementation of 5G nationwide. This may create roughly a complete of 105,000 job alternatives. This effort will likely be carried out by a particular goal car below the Malaysian Authorities. This entity will then be given the suitable spectrum to personal, implement and handle the 5G infrastructure.
13. Insya-Allah, all licenced telecommunication firms may have equal entry to those infrastructure, in advertising their 5G companies to their prospects. This infrastructure cost-sharing allows telecommunication firms to generate greater returns and, in flip, present higher and cheaper 5G companies to customers. This case will enhance the usage of 5G, thus improve financial functionality in triggering extra product and repair improvements.
14. So, by the top of this 12 months, 5G know-how will begin to be loved by the rakyat in levels. With this, Malaysia will emerge as one of many first nations on this area to construct a 5G ecosystem utilizing web and cloud companies in real-time to allow prompt sharing of data.
15. Simply think about – this 5G know-how will function a recreation changer as extra good companies with direct influence will likely be made obtainable for the well-being of the folks. This 5G know-how not solely guarantees higher and quicker web entry, however extra importantly, it additionally allows numerous vital purposes to be within the fingers of end-users, together with well being monitoring purposes for continual sufferers, good emergency help, and particular purposes for senior residents who’re residing alone.
16. Fourth, between RM12 billion and RM15 billion will likely be invested by Cloud Service Supplier (CSP) firms over the following 5 years. Right here, I’m happy to announce that the federal government has to this point given conditional approvals to 4 CSP firms – Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Telekom Malaysia – to construct and handle hyper-scale knowledge centres and cloud companies. This hyper-scale knowledge centres in addition to hybrid cloud companies will likely be created to extend knowledge space for storing, thus decreasing working prices and bettering analytical effectivity.
17. As well as, the federal government has additionally proposed the appointment of three native ICT firms as Handle Service Suppliers (MSP) to work with CSPs to handle their companies to companies within the public sector. That is consistent with our intentions to strengthen the capabilities of native firms. The three firms are Enfrasys Answer Sdn. Bhd, Prestariang Techniques Sdn. Bhd and Cloud Join Sdn. Bhd.
18. As a part of the measures to empower cloud computing companies within the public sector, the federal government, via its Cloud First technique, has focused the migration of 80 per cent of public knowledge to hybrid cloud programs by the top of 2022. As well as, for a simpler and easy knowledge assortment and administration, this technique additionally helps to scale back authorities prices in info know-how administration in the long term. All these Cloud companies will enable Huge Information, AI, IoT and different purposes to be utilized to reinforce and strengthen authorities companies.
Women and Gents,
19. The development of this digital infrastructure varieties the spine for a sustainable digital ecosystem. This ecosystem serves as the important thing engine of progress in the direction of sustainable financial system. The federal government will proceed to assist strengthen this new ecosystem via numerous methods, together with:
i) by making a regulatory setting that may help digital use whereas defending the privateness of residents;
ii) by administering public knowledge assets in order that they are often collectively utilized by private and non-private organizations, and;
iii) by facilitating the evolution of labour market in doubtlessly disruptive industries via automation and digital know-how.
20. Subsequently, we’ll be certain that digital firms concerned with the federal government, will work exhausting to assist Malaysians enhance on their digital abilities. These firms, amongst others, will even collaborate with native universities to ascertain the School of Synthetic Intelligence, and to work with the federal government to hold out staff’ abilities enchancment packages.
21. Cyber and knowledge ?safety are positively among the many authorities’s fundamental focus in realizing the imaginative and prescient for a nation of digital know-how. Public knowledge will likely be dealt with sparingly based mostly on safety requirements set by the federal government via the implementing company, the Nationwide Cyber ??Safety Company (NACSA). Right here I want to guarantee you that the Authorities may be very dedicated in monitoring the safety of the information administration system to keep away from any future cyber threats.
Women and Gents,
22. I want to emphasize right here that the MyDIGITAL initiative via the Malaysia Digital Economic system Blueprint is a nationwide strategy plan. Within the face of future digital ecosystems, all stakeholders have to adapt as quickly as attainable to face no matter arising challenges in a related nation.
23. Lastly, I hope all Malaysians will take full benefit of this digital know-how and be daring sufficient to face the method of transition in the direction of reaching digital financial system. Though the private and non-private sectors might play distinctly completely different roles, we should stay constant and in tune. I am assured {that a} coverage framework encompassing the formation of infrastructure, detailing all laws in addition to facilitating the formation of ecosystems, can decide the route the nation wanted to comprehend this digital imaginative and prescient.
24. With Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, I hereby launch the MyDIGITAL initiative and the Malaysia Digital Economic system Blueprint.
Thanks. Wabillahi al-taufiq wal hidayah wassalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
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