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| GIVING ATTENTION: Najib delivering his speech on the Third Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC) luncheon yesterday. |
He said the setting up of the latest data management centres was among the matters being given attention by the government.
Speaking to the media after chairing the 3rd annual general meeting of the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC) here yesterday, he said the effort, however, might be constrained in terms of getting those with the capabilities such as data scientists in Malaysia.
He said Malaysia was capabable of developing such centres because it had a unique capability, wide area, suitable structure and could offer incentives.
Najib said the development would also result in the country needing thousands of data scientists in the future.
The Prime Minister said he had also met several Malaysian companies which had transformed and had morphed from being sited in the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) (in Malaysia) to venturing into partnerships with their share-partners from the Silicon Valley, United States.
“To the extent their products can now be sold in the global market,” he said.
He said the companies were PULSATE Sdn Bhd, INTEL Corporation, Revolution Analytics Inc, MOL Global Pte Ltd, Rixty Inc, Joota Ventures Sdn Bhd, BrandX Development LLC and XYBASE MSC Sdn Bhd.
To expand further the innovation culture, Najib said companies which sought to implement innovations but in the end encountered failure should not be penalised because innovation was encouraged as a normal culture practiced in the Silicon Valley.
He said their failures were sometimes caused by their bravery in trying something new and sometimes the causes were beyond their control. — Bernama
(Source: http://www.theborneopost.com)
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