Perak Wireless – Delay Again To September
Aug 25th, 2006 by AhYap
I make a post few weeks ago and it reads, “Perak will see 60 percent of its populated areas go wireless come September, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli.” Delayed from June. Now it is confirmed delay again to November. Why not just make it to Chinese New Year? Zzzzzzz
August 21, 2006 (News Source) Perak wants to bring WiFi Internet access to 80% of its towns as early as November, half a year earlier than planned. [ahYap: Last time say June, now say November still 'half a year earlier than plan?]
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Tajol Rosli Ghazali said he hoped to see this in place by the time Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visited the state.
The Prime Minister has been invited to launch the RM24mil Perak Multimedia Super Corridor in Meru here along with the Wireless Perak initiative in November.
Tajol Rosli said the wireless service was part of the state’s efforts to increase information and communications technology knowledge among residents and spearhead economic growth.
“Once we have set up the Perak MSC near the Perak Hi-Tech Park, we can attract local and foreign investors,” he told reporters on Saturday after the Pasir Salak Umno division delegates meeting, some 55km from here.
“We also hope that the Multimedia Development Corporation can advise us so that the Perak MSC does not compete with the MSC in Cyberjaya and other states.”
On Friday, Abdullah had suggested that cybercities and MSCs develop their own specialisations rather than compete against each other.
Tajol Rosli added that the state had attracted more than 10 investors to set up operations at the 1,200ha Perak Hi-Tech Park in Klebang here.
One company, he said, was investing RM5bil to produce new-generation thin film transistor-liquid crystal display monitor screens.
On the state’s proposal to draw underground water, the mentri besar said they were studying whether it could be drawn, treated and distributed competitively to consumers in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
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Expect them to delay it another 2 years more, if menteri besar is reselected, the project most probably will be replaced by other ‘hi-tech’ project.
According to non official report (article read in newspaper a few days back) there are more than 2000 project remain unfinish in Eigth Malaysia Plan, wasting billions RM of tax payer money. i am seeing this ‘perak wifi’ as one of the figure.
I guess saving money to move myself to Mountain View is better option than waiting our gov to work on the wifi system ….LOOK AT OUR TM SCREAMYX …oops, i mean streamyx.