Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Datuk Abdul Raman Suliman said Malaysia was not far behind in the usage of ICT, adding that the Government was ensuring there was progress in every field.
The Finance Ministry website trails a far second with 14,309,102 hits compared with Jakim's staggering 99,560,009.
The third most popular government website is that of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry with 10,340,803 hits followed by Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia (8,166,483) and the Malaysian Industrial Development Board (7,426,992).
The Ninth Malaysian Plan (9MP), the government's five-year blueprint to drive economic development in the country, covers a range of ICT (information communications technology) initiatives such as the computerization of government agencies, bridging the digital divide, research and development, Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) multimedia applications and MSC development.
Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik, in announcing this, said it was proposed that e-government services implement IPv6 the following year to enable the transformation of Malaysia to an IPv6-enabled nation in 2010.
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