IT Professionals – one million in India, 26,434 in MSC
Parliament 19.10.05 (8)
I quoted the following observation posted in the thread “Malaysia becoming increasingly uncompetitive” by “Tien Soon” in Parliament last Wednesday: “Me as a software engineer, is particularly observant about the progress of software development field in Malaysia. As far as my personal observation is concerned, quite a number of software firms granted with MSC Status are performing below expectation, in terms of technology utilization and quality assurance.”
The Minister for Technology and Innovation, Datuk Dr. Jamaludin Jarjis was winding up the 2006 Budget policy debate for his ministry, and I had asked him to report on the success of the government plan five years ago announced by the then Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at the Second Global Knowledge Conference in Kuala Lumpur on 8th March 2000 to enrich the Malaysian economy and society through “an annual infusion of 5,000 extraordinary world citizens of extraordinary talent, extraordinary creativity, extraordinary knowledge, extraordinary skill and extraordinary networking and other capabilities …as the whole area of human capital is critical to our performance and global competitiveness”.
What is Malaysia’s success rate in attracting 20,000 to 25,000 of the top K-workers of the world to work in the country in the past four to five years?
Claiming Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) success and rapid ICT growth in the country, Jamaluddin reported that 1,354 companies have been awarded MSC status and the creation of 26,434 K-workers in the MSC companies.
The Minister dared not mention how many of the targeted 5,000 “extraordinary world citizens” had been attracted to Malaysia each year since 2,000, and this is where I quoted the observation of “Tien Soon”.
I just came across an article mentioning that there are approximately one million information technology (IT) professionals now employed in India and “the number is rising rapidly”. One million IT professionals in India and 26,434 K-workers in MSC, proclaimed at one time as Malaysia “gift to the world” – this should be serious food for thought not only by the policymakers but by all Malaysians.
I quoted the following observation posted in the thread “Malaysia becoming increasingly uncompetitive” by “Tien Soon” in Parliament last Wednesday: “Me as a software engineer, is particularly observant about the progress of software development field in Malaysia. As far as my personal observation is concerned, quite a number of software firms granted with MSC Status are performing below expectation, in terms of technology utilization and quality assurance.”The Minister for Technology and Innovation, Datuk Dr. Jamaludin Jarjis was winding up the 2006 Budget policy debate for his ministry, and I had asked him to report on the success of the government plan five years ago announced by the then Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at the Second Global Knowledge Conference in Kuala Lumpur on 8th March 2000 to enrich the Malaysian economy and society through “an annual infusion of 5,000 extraordinary world citizens of extraordinary talent, extraordinary creativity, extraordinary knowledge, extraordinary skill and extraordinary networking and other capabilities …as the whole area of human capital is critical to our performance and global competitiveness”.
What is Malaysia’s success rate in attracting 20,000 to 25,000 of the top K-workers of the world to work in the country in the past four to five years?
Claiming Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) success and rapid ICT growth in the country, Jamaluddin reported that 1,354 companies have been awarded MSC status and the creation of 26,434 K-workers in the MSC companies.
The Minister dared not mention how many of the targeted 5,000 “extraordinary world citizens” had been attracted to Malaysia each year since 2,000, and this is where I quoted the observation of “Tien Soon”.
I just came across an article mentioning that there are approximately one million information technology (IT) professionals now employed in India and “the number is rising rapidly”. One million IT professionals in India and 26,434 K-workers in MSC, proclaimed at one time as Malaysia “gift to the world” – this should be serious food for thought not only by the policymakers but by all Malaysians.
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