CCTVs for Miri

MIRI - The public could soon walk in added security once the installation of close circuit television (CCTV) along strategic points in the city of Miri is completed. Miri City mayor Dato Wee Han Wen revealed that the video images will be transmitted through a wireless network to the central command centre at the council building.

Apart from this the council will also be installing CCTV units at the Miri City Fan within this year, thus making it the first public park in Miri to be quipped with such equipment.

The coalition for a Change Agenda

Rais Hussin opines:

"Very simply put, the proposed change stems from two ground realities. One, that in spite of ploughing fibre optic cable across the length and breadth of the land, it fails to connect to the domestic end-user in any measurable quantity. Two, that in spite of being geographic dead-centre to regional traffic flows and in spite of an envious quality of life, Malaysia has failed to obtain a location advantage over Singapore or Hong Kong.

The Change Agenda suggests we touch both bases with one stroke. That we re-calibrate our thinking within Malaysia Inc to usurp the region between India and Australia as our addressable domain for travel and communication services. That Malaysia becomes a cost-effective pit stop for airlines and an enticing transit hub for its passengers. That it becomes cheaper to route a telephone call from Myanmar to Indonesia via Malaysia than to connect directly. That Malaysian-based Voice over Broadband and Internet TV services provide broadband-enabled homes in India, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines with cheaper dial tone and more fun entertainment than they can ever hope to get from their local providers.

The Change Agenda goes on to claim that by doing so, we create economies of scale as well as a buzz that engenders domestic interest for broadband, thus creating a pull effect that can never ever be achieved by just offering Internet access over broadband."