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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 noteligible for MSC-Status:

1. Trading companies / resellers.2. Configuration of existing foreign developed software.3. Integration of 3rd party software & hardware.4. Manufacturing.5. Technical Support Services for 3rd party providers.6. Licensed MCMC VOIP/Telecom service providers.7. SSO companies that provide services for Malaysia only.8. Companies already enjoying Pioneer Status/ITA.9. Companies formed for sole purpose of undertaking contractual work for

Malaysian Federal Govt/ State Govts only. 10. 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

5. Developing Intellectual Property

6. Commitment to establish regional/global headquarters in Cybercities

7. 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 ClusterCreative

Multimedia

• 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

SSO • 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 Development

• 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 • Internet based businesses; application service providers; e-commerce service providers; web based trading platforms.• E-Govt based service providers

Multimedia Services

• 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 • ICT based technologies to support the Biotech industry (that do not fall within the remit of BiotechCorp)