IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Imagine waking up and your kopi-o is already brewing because your artificial intelligence (AI) assistant knows you had a late night.

It booked your e-hailing ride to the train station, reminded you to top up your e-wallet and even suggested an umbrella because rain clouds over Bangsar are moving in faster than expected.

AI is no longer just a buzzword. Across Asia, the technology is already woven into daily life — and Malaysia is only beginning to catch up.

The new industrial district of Mohammed VI Tangier Tech City, a joint Chinese-Moroccan project, is taking shape in northern Morocco's coastal city of Tangier.

The project was one of many agreed between China and Morocco during the visit of Morocco's King Mohammed VI to China in 2016.

Construction began in the second half of last year and the new city will eventually cover approximately 2,000 hectares and host over 200 multinational companies in a range of free trade industrial zones, technology hubs, residential areas and commercial spaces.

During the first phase which will run till June 2019, a cloud computing data centre will be built in Macao and data mapping will be done for information by the Government.

The Government of Macau signed an agreement with the Alibaba Group on August 4 to further develop the special administrative region (SAR) as a smart city. Under the "Framework Agreement of Strategic Cooperation on Smart City Development", the Government will leverage Alibaba's big data processing capabilities to enhance the quality of the city's public services.

Malaysia and China have agreed to strengthen cooperation in developing smart city pilot projects, with plans to establish smart city command centres in Malaysia's second-tier cities such as Ipoh and Seberang Perai.

The initiative was discussed during a bilateral meeting between Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming and China's Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ni Hong, held in conjunction with the Asean-China Ministerial Roundtable on Construction 2025 in Guilin, China.

Malaysia and China will sign a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to enhance smart city and smart home capabilities.

Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming said that during his recent visit to Beijing, he met with China’s Housing and Urban-Rural Development Minister Ni Hong.

Chinese Mobile Operators are Leaders in the Global Roll-out of Mobile IoT-Based Solutions Making Use of Mobile Networks; China is presently the Largest IoT Market on the globe With close to 1 Billion Connections

GMSA announced today that Chinese mobile operators are leaders in the world when it comes to the deployment of transformative Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.

Die Zahl der Internet-Nutzer in der Volksrepublik China ist im vergangenen Jahr auf mehr als 59 Millionen gestiegen. Allein seit Mitte 2002 kamen nach Pekinger Regierungsangaben 13,3 Millionen neue Nutzer hinzu.

The amount of governmental microblog accounts had increased more than seven fold from the beginning of the year, according to the report conducted by the Chinese Academy of Governance (CAG).

The four major websites that the report refers to are www.sina.com.cn, www.qq.com, www.people.com.cn and www.xinhuanet.com which provide Twitter-like microblogging services.

The MSAR government presented its five-year plan for the overall development of the e-government project.

Published on the government’s official webpage (www.gov.mo) on the last day of 2015, the plan consists of six parts and details measures to be developed between 2015 and 2019.

The highlights of the plan were several measures that aim to create a unified platform in collaboration with the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) in order to better manage and store data related to human resources, finance and property management. The single platform would allow citizens to more readily obtain information and lodge requests concerning different public service procedures; to submit applications; to clarify the status of pending applications, or to even complete online payments.

ACSI advises the Premier and other senior State Council officials on the issues concerning the use of information technology within the government as well as in the society.

“Merely two years ago, although mobile phones were widely available, few leveraged that for business applications,” he said, adding that this year he has witnessed a few governments taking the lead to leverage this platform, when 3G network is available and smart phones are abundant.

At the end of March, a new sports center with a seating capacity of over 40,000 opened in Xiong'an New Area in northern China's Hebei Province, filling a key gap in the region's capacity to host large-scale sports and cultural events.

The Xiong'an New Area, located about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing, was established on April 1, 2017. It aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The process explores a new model of development in densely populated areas.

“This LoI will provide long-term benefits to both cities and will help further increase investment and provide ample opportunities for high technology exchange, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and the development of startup company ecosystems between Malaysia and the People's Republic of China.

“This LoI will also open important prospects for entrepreneurs and communication technology players in both countries to continue to innovate and advance technology," she said in a statement.

Dagang Nexchange Berhad (DNeX) is tying up with Zhongheguoji Construction Group Co Ltd (CSI) to source for state-of-the-art technology and solutions from China.

In a statement, DNeX said it is establishing a joint venture with CSI for the establishment of a joint venture enterprise (JVE) to also expand its geographical footprint into the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.

i-City Properties (i-City) will collaborate with China Mobile International (Malaysia) (CMIM) to construct the country's first smart green corporate tower in i-City, Malaysia No. 1 technology city.

According to Monica Ong, director of i-City, the corporate tower will be outfitted with 5G internet-enabled cameras and sensors to monitor the environment, energy consumption, and human traffic flow for data collection purposes.

Malaysia and China will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in the fields of housing, urban planning, and smart cities, announced Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming.

In a statement on Tuesday, Nga said the exchange of the MOU between Malaysia's Ministry of Housing and Local Government and China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will be witnessed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Li Qiang, during the Chinese premier's official three-day visit to the country from Tuesday to Thursday.

MY E.G. Services Berhad (MYEG) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Institute of Industrial Internet & IoT, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) of China for the international extension of China's national blockchain network, Xinghuo Blockchain Infrastructure and Facility ("Xinghuo BIF"), by introducing backbone and supernodes outside China to be known as Zetrix.

Mr. Wong Thean Soon, Group Managing Director of MY E.G. Services Berhad; YB Dato’ Sri Dr. Adham Bin Baba, Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation of Malaysia; Dato’ Dr. Norraesah Binti Haji Mohamad, Executive Chairman of MY E.G. Services Berhad; Ms. Li Haihua, Deputy Director of Institute of Industrial Internet & Internet of Things (IoT), China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT); and Ms. Wang Zhiqin, Deputy Director of China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT)

The Housing and Local Government Ministry is set to propose the establishment of "sister cities" between Shanghai and Putrajaya to the cabinet soon.

This initiative aligns with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and Malaysia.