Malaysia is wiring up to be the Silicon Valley of Aisa with the creation of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), a new development model designed to catapult the country from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. The MSC is one of the most ambitious IT initiatives anywhere. Served by a huge fibre-optic network, it is a 750-square-kilometre enclave of high-technology creativity, purpose-built for companies wishing to create, distribute and utilise multimedia products and services. By revolutionising the way the world does business, the MSC will unlock multimedia's full potential by integrating groundbreaking cyberlaws and outstanding information infrastructure in an attractive physical environment. It is a mammoth test-bed for experimenting with not only multimedia technology, but, more importantly, the evolution of a new way of life in the unfolding age of information technology. The MSC is expected to elevate Malaysia to developed-nation status by the year 2020. And to attain this, Malaysia must move away from being mere consumers of multimedia products and services to being suppliers and creators of information technology by developing technological skills, upgrading computer literacy and promoting the transfer of technology. - Back cover.