SEARCC 05 ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE

Crown Plaza Darling Harbour, Sydney

26 September 2005

MALAYSIAN NATIONAL COMPUTER

CONFEDERATION (MNCC)

www.mncc.com.my

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BACKGROUND

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 COUNTRY PROFILE - Malaysia
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LAND AREA: 329,758 sq. km
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POPULATION: 26.12 million – multi-racial, multi-cultural multi-religious
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AV. LIFE EXPECTANCY: Male 70.6 yrs. Female: 76.4 yrs.
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INFANT MORTALITY RATE: 5.5 percent
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MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE: 0.3 per ‘000
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GDP at Current year : USD 31.43Billion
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PER CAPITA INCOME : USD 4,520
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MAIN INCOME SOURCES: Export of petroleum, palm oil, electronic
components and finished products, wood products, tourism
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INTERNET PENETRATION : 37% (10 million users)
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BROADBAND PENETRATION: Less than 1%

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 MNCC BACKGROUND

- MNCC started its existence as the

Malaysian Computer Society (MCS) 1967.

- In 1988, the Society was converted to a

non-profit company and limited by
guarantee,

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 OBJECTS

- To establish an organisation for persons

concerned and involved in IT.
- To promote and develop IT.
- To look after the interest of the IT
Profession.
- To extend and disseminate knowledge
and appreciation of IT.

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 MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANISATION
OVER 500 ACTIVE MEMBERS
MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY: Fellow, Member,
Associate, Provisional Associate, Affiliate, and Student
BRANCHES: Penang Regional Centre, Johore-Melaka
Regional Centre
ORGANISATION
- MNCC is Run by a 10- member elected Council among
which the President and Vice-President are elected.
The Council meets once in 3 months.
- Five (5) of the Council Members form the Management
Committee which meets monthly.
- Various committees headed by a Council Member.
- All Council Members serve on a voluntary basis. 6
 COMMITTEES
1. Membership Affaires
2. Membership Promotion
3. Education & Training
4. ICT Excellence Award
5. Web Development and Publishing

ACTIVE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

1. Open Source SIG
2. Independent Software Architect Council of
Malaysia SIG

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RECIPROCAL MEMBERSHIPS
MNCC also has reciprocal membership
arrangements with the following :
- British Computer Society
- Australian Computer Society
- Singapore Computer Society

This means that a MNCC member will enjoy a

20% discount on membership subscriptions to
the above societies.

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 INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- MNCC is one of the founding members of the
South East Asia Regional Computer
Confederation or SEARCC.
- MNCC is also a full member of the International
Federation of Information Processing (IFIP).

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MNCC has an ongoing cooperative
arrangement with the Center of International
Computer Cooperation (CICC) Japan.
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 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT
MNCC representatives served/serving in the following committees :
" National Research & Scientific Development Council
" Computer Software Industry Panel under MITI.
Workshop on “Personal Data Protection Bill” organised by the
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Malaysian Multimedia Commission

Rural Internet Implementation Committee under Min of Energy, Water
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and Communication
" ICT R&D Working Group for 9th . On Malaysia Plan Framework
ICT Training Advisory Committees under the Ministry of Human
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Resource
Technical Committee in Information Security Standards
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Technical Committees in Electronic ID and Passport Standards

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 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT (contd.)

- Technical Committee in Software Engineering

Standards
- National Productivity Standards Consultative
Panel on Information Technology
- MSC Education Advisory Panel
- Working Group-3 for Cabling Standards, Malaysia
Multimedia Commission.

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OTHER WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
To promote IT and professionalism, MNCC also has
worked with the following organisations:
•MEWC (Min. of Energy Water and Communication)
•INTAN ( National Institute if Public Administration)
•NISER (National Internet Response Centre)
• PIKOM (Malaysia Computer Industry Association)
•ISACA (Information System Audit and Control Asso.
•MSTI (Min. of Science Technology and Innovation)
•LOCAL AND MULTINATIONAL ICT COMPANIES

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 MNCC ACTIVITIES
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Working towards professional accreditation with internal
and external bodies.
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Organising talks, seminars, workshops, conferences, etc.
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Participate in Government ICT Policy, Standards, and R&D
Committees and Technical Working Groups
- Represent the IT Profession at various forums
(internally/externally).
- Managing the Annual ICT Excellence Award Best Teacher,
Student and Open Source Software Initiatives
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Maintaining links and working with regional and
international bodies on IT-related issues.
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Promotion of Open Source Software

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 PLATFORMS/FORUMS

Provide a forum for active MNCC members to interact

and network with :
- Fellow IT professionals in various organisations.
- Influential officers in both the public and private
sectors.
- Various IT professionals from the region and
internationally.
- Other professionals through joint activities

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 MNCC’S PARTICULAR STRENGTHS

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RECONNISED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ICT
INDUSTRY AND THE MEDIA AS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR OF
IDEAS AND TECHNICAL INPUTS ON ICT POLICIES,
PROGRAMMES AND IN ADDRESING ICT ISSUES

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ABLE TO ORGANISE CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND
SEMINARS SUCCESSFULLY ON ITS OWN OR JOINTLY
WITH OTHER ORGANISATIOINS
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MOST ICT PROFESSIONALS IN THE COUNTRY DO
PARTICIPATE IN MNCC ORGANISED EVENTS (THOUGH
NOT MANY OF THEM WANT TO BE MEMBERS).

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 MAIN ISSUES FOR MNCC

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GETTING MORE ICT PROFESSIONALS TO
JOIN MNCC

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IMPLEMENTING A PROFESSIONAL
ACCREDATION PROGRAMME

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 MAJOR ICT ISSUES AT COUNTRY LEVEL
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DIGITAL DIVIDE
The main challenges facing the efforts to
bridge the digital gap are the last-mile
telecommunication problem and the need for more
friendly computer user-interface for ordinary rural
communities
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SHORTAGE OF COMPETENT ICT PROFESSIONALS IN
THE MIDST OF ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF ICT GRADUATES
" Government’s ICT initiatives like the Multimedia Super
Corridor Project has created a sudden demand for
competent ICT professionals, especially in software
development and project management.
" Over the past year the problem of unemployable ICT
graduates has been highlighted and is being addressed
through joint consultative working groups -
universities, industry and professional bodies as well
as through industry training programmes for graduates.
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 BEST PRACTICE – ICT INITIATIVE AT
NATIONAL LEVAL E.g.
NATIONAL CHIP-BASED ID CARD (smart card)
AND MACHINE READABLE PSSPORT
•National ID card was first implemented in 1948. The
paper-based version went through three revision
over a 50 year period.
•The last replacement exercise which started 5 years ago
is the chip-based ID card. Besides ID function it
also has applications to serve as driving license,
health card, electronic payment card. More
application will be added.
•To date less than 2 million eligible people have yet to
apply for the smart ID card.
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 1. BEST PRACTICE (Contd.)
BEST PRACTICES GAINED IN THE PROCESS OF
IMPLEMENTING ELECTRONIC ID CARD AND
MACNINE-READABLE PASSPORT INCLUDE:

•Manufacture of smart cards, card readers and Immigration

auto-gates
•Embedded systems application software development
•Application integration and automation of ID card
generation
•Management of security, especially in card personalisation
process
•Government-private sector collaborative development
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•Development of standards 19
 1. BEST PRACTICE (Contd.)
•For the Malaysian machine-readable passports to be usable
by other systems of Immigration Authorities the
adoption of common standards is a necessity.
•At the time Malaysia initiated the machine-readable passport
there was no existing international standard to follow.
Malaysia had to develop one from scratch.
•After the 9/11 incident several countries have embarked on
machine-readable passports. But there is still no
established common standard.
•Malaysia has applied to become a participating member of
ISO Technical Committee on Machine-readable
Passport, which is currently working towards developing a
common standard.
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 1. MNCC’S PROPOSAL FOR COLLABORATIVE
PROJECTS WITH SEARCC TO FURTHER
ENHANCE ICT PROFESSIONALISM

•Update ICT Job Classification and define common

competency requirements for key ICT jobs, including
criteria for assessment of competency

•Human resource survey

•Develop common criteria for evaluating software

solutions developed in member countries, especially
in OSS platform
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 Thank you

Malaysian National Computer Confederation (MNCC)

www.mncc.com.my
Email: admin@mncc.po.my

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