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October 24, 2009 21:56 PM
Melaka Offers To Implement Broadband Project
MELAKA, Oct 24 (Bernama) -- Melaka has offered to implement the High Speed Broadband (HSBB) project as spelled out in the 2010 Budget.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said as a state, which placed importance on knowledge economy, Melaka was ready to take up the challenge.
He said the HSBB would help Melaka step up the growth of entrepreneurship, biotechnology, information communication technology (ICT) and tourism.
"We are offering ourselves to implement the broadband project and just provide us with the allocation," he told reporters after receiving Melaka Media Club and Melaka Journalists Association committee members here Saturday.
The government had proposed to allocate RM11.3 billion to speed up implementation of the High Speed Broadband (HSBB) project in the 2010 Budget.
Mohd Ali said Melaka, which had set its sight on becoming a Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Cybercity, had to content with a low broadband speed of between one and 2.5 megabit per second.
-- BERNAMA
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