Cellular telephone coverage in the rural areas of Malaysia is expected to reach 97 percent by 2012 with the installation of 873 new telecommunication towers -this was part of the government's on-going effort to provide better cellular coverage in the remote areas as the technology had provided connectivity, and was changing and uplifting the socio-economic status of rural folk., said Informationn Communication and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim.
He said in ramping up efforts to provide service coverage in rural areas, Wi-Fi Internet service is being used to provide 'Kampung WiFi' to the people to accelerate broadband take-up in the country and also to bring the benefits of broadband to the people.
Will this 'Kampung WiFi' project end up like the netbook project - the alleged USP misappropriation - that was highlighted by Malay Mail recently?
Here is the allegation made by Sekinchan assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim with regards to 1Malaysia Computer programme launched earlier this year under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
A Selangor state assembly backbencher has accused BN grassroots leaders of abusing the 1Malaysia Computer programme by eating into the quota set aside for secondary school students and the needy.
Sekinchan assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim said he has received numerous complaints of favouritism and cronyism in the approval of the free laptops under the programme, launched earlier this year under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
Waving a list of names of people who have allegedly received the free laptops, Ng claimed that many on the list include division leaders and of the various BN component parties including Umno, MCA and Gerakan.
"All these names do not fulfil the set criteria," he said when debating the Selangor state budget 2011.
Ng pointed out that free laptop recipients under the programme need to fulfill four criteria which include household income must be under RM3,000, the family does not have a computer, the family must have children in Forms One to Five, and each family is entitled to only one laptop.
"After going through the list, it turns out that the main condition is that as far as possible it must go to Umno, MCA, Gerakan and BN members.
"I am shocked with the way in which such contributions are distributed, which does not reflect transparency, instead using the programme solely to fulfil the agenda and political interests of Umno and BN," he said.
Here is the allegation made by Sekinchan assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim with regards to 1Malaysia Computer programme launched earlier this year under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
BN leaders help themselves to free laptops in 1Malaysia program
| Ng Suee Lin- cronyism and favoritism |
Sekinchan assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim said he has received numerous complaints of favouritism and cronyism in the approval of the free laptops under the programme, launched earlier this year under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
Waving a list of names of people who have allegedly received the free laptops, Ng claimed that many on the list include division leaders and of the various BN component parties including Umno, MCA and Gerakan.
"All these names do not fulfil the set criteria," he said when debating the Selangor state budget 2011.
Ng pointed out that free laptop recipients under the programme need to fulfill four criteria which include household income must be under RM3,000, the family does not have a computer, the family must have children in Forms One to Five, and each family is entitled to only one laptop.
"After going through the list, it turns out that the main condition is that as far as possible it must go to Umno, MCA, Gerakan and BN members.
"I am shocked with the way in which such contributions are distributed, which does not reflect transparency, instead using the programme solely to fulfil the agenda and political interests of Umno and BN," he said.
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