Matrade Sarawak also called for companies which are already members of the agency to update their profiles as well as company contacts for the convenience of interested parties and other users of Matrade’s e-services.
The e-services, which consist of various online applications for the business communities, are accessible via various means that include the internet, SMS, e-mail, and mobile devices such as tablet and smartphones.
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Group Chief Executive Officer Tengku Farith Rithauddeen said the assurance given by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak would definitely encourage more to embrace IT especially in those related to the e-government and e-commerce initiatives for which the government is pushing very hard.
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The ePerolehan portal made its debut in 2000, and is one of various e-government applications regulated by the Malaysian Finance Ministry to support procurement activities online. A new ePerolehan system is being built and will be launched in 2015.
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The Ministry of Communication and Information's Information and Public Relations Centre chief Gatot S Dewa Broto said ICT was an alternative medium for Indonesians to communicate directly with other communities in the region to understand issues more deeply and not being dependent on one medium only.
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According to the Singapore-based 'JobsDB.com', the number of job seekers searching for jobs online is on the rise.
"Between January 2011 and February 2012, the number rose by 365 per cent for mobile visits from Malaysia alone," Jake Andrew, product manager at JobsDB.com told Bernama.