Thursday, October 14, 2004

More rural Internet centres

The Malaysian Government is expected to invest more in setting up Rural Internet Centres (RICs) across the country to help narrow the digital divide further.

According to secretary general to Energy, Water and Communications Ministry Datuk Dr Halim Shafie, plans are in the pipeline to increase the number of RICs in small towns and rural communities by five-fold to at least 200 centres over the next four years, from the existing 42.