The Borneo Post

Get ready for digital economy, Awg Tengah urges S’wakians

- By Philip Kiew reporters@theborneop­ost.com

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

 ??  ?? Awang Tengah (third left) at the official opening ceremony of e-entreprene­ur and e-income programme in Limbang.
Awang Tengah (third left) at the official opening ceremony of e-entreprene­ur and e-income programme in Limbang.

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