Separation of ministry to give specific focus to digital economy sector, says Fahmi

The Star

The separation of the Communications Ministry and Digital Ministry following the Cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday (Dec 12) is to focus specifically on the progress of the country's digital economy sector.  Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil on Sunday (Dec 17) said there is a need to coordinate internal policies to empower the sector.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2bvx6bn5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 There are some cabinet members who have been dismissed, such as the Minister of Communications, Digital and NREG.

00:07 So, is there a difference in the cabinet?

00:12 There are some people who accused Fadhil of failing to fulfil his duties as Minister of Communications and Digital.

00:22 So, he was dismissed and my political life was saved.

00:25 This is not true. If we look at the number of agencies,

00:32 out of the 11 or 12 agencies under the ministry,

00:36 the one that remains is the 8th agency,

00:43 while the other agency has been included, making it the 9th agency, including JCOM.

00:49 So, the majority of the agencies are still under the Ministry of Communications.

00:54 But, in my discussions with the other ministries,

01:00 I have said that in my experience in managing the Ministry of Communications and Digital for a year,

01:07 I have found that there are some aspects in the digital economy that are across the four ministries.

01:13 In terms of start-ups, including venture capital, it is a must.

01:19 In terms of scale-up, there are companies under MDEC, under the KKD at that time.

01:29 In terms of investment, it is under the Ministry of Finance.

01:34 In terms of investment, my digital corp is under the Ministry of Economy.

01:39 So, when we discuss with the industry,

01:42 some say that there is a bit of a confusion when there are still four different ministries that are trying to address the same issue.

01:50 So, I would like to convey my view to the ministries,

01:55 why not put all these agencies under one special ministry?

02:00 Because when we look at the NINP document,

02:04 the NINP 2030, it states that the digital economy is one of the main pillars of the country's economic growth.

02:12 So, the effort must be gathered and balanced from the basic point of view, in depth.

02:19 So, during the meeting of the Digital Economy and 4IR,

02:23 on this Friday,

02:26 Minister Gobind Singh, the Minister of Digital Economy,

02:29 has conveyed his view on the need to be balanced,

02:34 not only through the meetings, but also within the Ministry of Digital Economy.

02:40 I support this effort. I see that there is a need.

02:42 So, the discussion will continue.

02:45 For example, during the media conference last week,

02:49 I said that I could only talk about the issue of DNB, which has been decided for my ministry.

02:56 But there are several other ministries that are in discussion.

02:59 And I expect that maybe by the end of January,

03:03 the list of which agencies and ministries will be finalized.

03:09 Thank you.

03:10 Thank you.

03:12 Thank you.

03:14 Thank you.

03:15 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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