Once they start deriving benefits from the Web, it will be a necessity for them and broadband penetration in the country will start to increase, said the researcher.
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As such, he said, the state and federal governments had initiated several projects to enhance usage of information and communications technology (ICT), particularly among villagers in rural areas.
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To this end, MYEG proposes to undertake a private placement of up to 25.25 million new 10 sen shares, representing up to 10% of the current issued and paid-up share capital of RM25.25mil.
He said the initiative was a follow-up of the state government's success in securing first place at last year's Malaysian Government Portals and Websites Assessment.
The assessment, by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), was undertaken based on the global best practices criteria applied by Brown University and Waseda University, he said after opening the state government's e-government exhibition, here.
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The three-day event was organised by the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) to promote various e- Government services.