Get ready for digital economy, Awg Tengah urges S’wakians
LIMBANG: The state government is laying the groundwork for S arawak’s unique products to reach the global market through digital economy by building and getting ready I CT infrastructure and facilities to support e-commerce and other online forms of business transactions.
Thus, S arawakians should prepare themselves to join in this global business, Deputy Chief Mini ste rD atukA mar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, who is also Minister of Industrial and Entrepreneur Development, advised when del a ring open the e- commerce and e- income training course in Lim bang yesterday.
It was organised by the Ministry of Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development.
“You must have the audacity to dream big in e- commerce as the world is the marketplace for your products through the Internet and ICT platform,” he said.
He further said that there were many government programmes to assist entrepreneurs to develop and market the many quality products from the
You must have the audacity to dream big in e-commerce as the world is the marketplace for your products through the Internet and ICT platform.
various divisions in the state.
Among them, he highlighted, are in cubators an d p roduct collection ce ntres t hat a re available in all districts.
He a lso s aid t he pr oposed RM20- million digital village in Kuching is one of the major steps to encourage the growth and use of digital economy.
Besides th at, th ere ar e al so various go vernment f inancial assistance s chemes s uch as Tekun an d A manah I khtiar Malaysia ( AIM) t hat a lso provide t raining t o as piring entrepreneurs, he added.
“Do not be afraid of failure but treat it as the foundation of future success as this is the culture and spirit of the successful Chinese entrepreneurs who are always willing to learn,” he advised.
Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, Deputy Chief Minister