ONE-ON-ON WITH BADLISHAM GHAZALI FOR
SELECTED COMPANIES
The Monterey Bay International Trade Association
is arranging exclusive one-on-one conference
calls with BADLISHAM GHAZALI who is the new
Chief Executive Officer of the Multimedia
Development Corporation (MDC), the one stop
agency set up by the Government to facilitate the
development of the Multimedia Super Corridor
(MSC) (http://www.mdc.com.my/).
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These exclusive conference calls are directed to
qualified California companies wishing to explore
Malaysia in the following areas:
• Bridge into Asia Pacific market (esp. Middle
East & China)
• Conduct profitable businesses with any of
over 1400 MSC-status companies
• Start JVs with any MSC-status company
• Become a distributor of MSC products and
services in your country/region
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• Main site for ‘off shoring’ activities and/or
backup site for current regional set-up
• Set up your R&D centre in the MSC
• Currently in Asia Pac but not in Malaysia
• Currently in Malaysia but not MSC
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Mr. Ghazali is responsible to provide the leadership
to drive the MDC as a high performance
organization that is responsible to translate the MSC
vision into action. As a one-stop agency, Multimedia
Development Corporation (MDC) has been
established to facilitate the development of
Malaysia’s national ICT project called the Multimedia
Super Corridor (MSC) and to expedite the entry of
investors into the MSC. MDC is also empowered to
grant MSC Status to companies wishing to locate
their operations in the MSC.
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Badlisham was the former Director of the new
Hewlett-Packard in Malaysia and Country General
Manager of HP Technology Solutions Group (TSG).
Among his greatest achievements was Badlisham
had led HP Services to the No.1 position with a
growth rate of 18%, as the largest IT services
organization in Malaysia with over 600 IT
professionals under his care.
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Please contact the MBITA office if you would like to
speak with Mr. Ghazali at no cost,‘One-on-one’, by
conference call to discuss opportunities in Malaysia.
TONY LIVOTI
Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA)
P.O. Box 523, Santa Cruz, Ca. 95060
Ph: 831-335-4780 - Fax: 831-335-4822
(tlivoti@mbita.org) (www.mbita.org)
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MSC-STATUS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
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MSC-Status Eligibility Criteria
1. Provider and/or heavy user of multimedia products and services
2. Employ substantial proportion of Knowledge Workers (KWs)
– KWs min is Diploma in IT with 2 yrs working experience
– Min 5 yrs working experience for non-graduate
– Total KWs must at least 15% of total employment
3. Strong value propositions specifying how operations will contribute to
the development of the MSC and Malaysia
4. Establish a separate legal entity for MSC-qualifying activities
5. Locate in an MSC-designated cybercity
6. Comply with environmental guidelines
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Activities Not Eligible for MSC-Status
The following activities are considered as low –value activities and not
eligible for MSC-Status:
1.
Trading companies / resellers.
2.
Configuration of existing foreign developed software.
3.
Integration of 3rd party software & hardware.
4.
Manufacturing.
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Technical Support Services for 3rd party providers.
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Licensed MCMC VOIP/Telecom service providers.
7.
SSO companies that provide services for Malaysia only.
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Companies already enjoying Pioneer Status/ITA.
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Companies formed for sole purpose of undertaking contractual work for Malaysian
Federal Govt/ State Govts only.
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Companies seeking to bring in Foreign Knowledge Workers for subcontract (Body
shopping) and turn-key projects.
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Key Value Propositions for the MSC
1.
Developing new technologies and applications
2.
Undertaking key research and development activities
3.
Creating and or designing multimedia products/services for export
4.
Developing digital content; 2/3D Animation; Games
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Developing Intellectual Property
6.
Commitment to establish regional/global headquarters in Cybercities
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Establishing shared services facility for the region
8.
Network or support services hub for the region
9.
Clear plans for exports
10. Creation of opportunities for local knowledge workers development
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6 Main Cluster and Sub-Main Cluster
Creative
Multimedi
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SSO
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Companies whose core business activity revolves around multimedia content creation, processing, packaging and
aggregation and delivery activities
Digital/mobile content development, aggregation & packaging and delivery on any platform
Post production/ animation/ virtual reality applications
Shared Services- a model where common services are provided under a single, shared organization leveraging on
economies of scale e.g. IT, call centre, software dev, data centre consolidation
Outsourcing – results oriented shared service partnership with an external service provider e.g. business process
outsourcing, IT Outsourcing
Global/regional in IT in sourcing & outsourcing models
Global/regional business process service providers
Software
Developm
ent
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General Business applications such as CRM/ERP/Accounting on any platform
Specialised applications for vertical industries such as Manufacturing/ security solutions/ Wireless & fixed
telecommunications/ embedded software
E-Business
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Internet based businesses; application service providers; e-commerce service providers; web based trading platforms.
E-Govt based service providers
Multimedia
Services
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IHLs, Training & education services including via digital means (non content related)
Specialist design companies focussed on electronic hardware components or finished products (RFID/Smart Cards)
Value added system integration development
Incubators – all incubators approved for MSC status
Bioinformatics
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ICT based technologies to support the Biotech industry (that do not fall within the remit of BiotechCorp)
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