Malaysia s cabotage issue: Three questions for Wee Ka Siong | Malaysia malaymail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from malaymail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PETALING JAYA: The reimposition of cabotage policy on submarine cable repair works did not cause tech giants to skip Malaysia as part of its plans to install undersea cables to boost Internet connection in the region, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
Referring to Facebook s plan to install Bifrost and Echo undersea cables, the Transport Minister said the two undersea cables did not mean to bypass Malaysia because Facebook had built a database in Tanjong Keling Data Centre Park, Singapore in 2019.
Dr Wee said the data centre was built in Singapore because Malaysia lacked the appropriate data centre infrastructure.
Anwar bemoans loss of undersea cable project, warns this could also affect future FDI | Malaysia malaymail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from malaymail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Thursday, 01 Apr 2021 10:19 AM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
Wee eliminated in November the cabotage exemption put in place under the previous Pakatan Harapan administration. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 1 The Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) said a forthcoming submarine cable project in the South-east Asia region was a lost investment opportunity for Malaysia.
MyIX chairman Chiew Kok Hin told Bernama that the government should reinstate the cabotage exemption for foreign specialised ships to maintain Malaysia’s cable infrastructure, saying global tech giants were otherwise shunning the country.