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Wednesday September 13 4:41 AM ET
Bill Gates Lauds Malaysia's Efforts
Bill Gates Lauds Malaysia's Efforts
By ALVIN UNG, Associated Press Writer CYBERJAYA, Malaysia (AP) - Software magnate Bill Gates paid his
first visit to the Malaysian prime minister's fledgling multimedia
city modeled after Silicon Valley on Wednesday, declaring it
``really awesome.'' ``I applaud this move,'' Gates told reporters in Cyberjaya
township, 50 miles south of Kuala Lumpur. A pet project of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's, Cyberjaya is
part of the Southeast Asian nation's hugely hyped Multimedia Super
Corridor, or MSC. The smart city starts at the southern edge of the capital, Kuala
Lumpur, and connects a 30-by-9-mile zone to a new
multibillion-dollar international airport. Officials envisage
high-tech offices, homes and shopping centers here, and they expect
the MSC to generate 35,000 jobs and attract $5.2 billion in
investment over the next five years. Gates on Monday praised Malaysia's plan to gather as many
multinational corporations as possible in the MSC. He warned,
however, that it is crucial for Mahathir's government to let market
forces determine the kind of software projects and high-tech
initiatives that would be implemented there. ``You don't want the government to be picking. You want the
marketplace to do it,'' Gates said following an official tour of
the zone. Gates arrived in Malaysia early Wednesday and was slated to
leave later in the day. The world's wealthiest man is here to tout
his company's latest corporate strategy, dubbed Microsoft.NET,
which will change the way Microsoft writes software and handles
customers. Within five years, Microsoft hopes customers will pay
subscription fees to download software from the Internet instead of
making one-time purchases at stores or Web sites. The Microsoft chairman, who last visited Malaysia in early 1998,
is here for the third time. He sits on an advisory panel that helps
Mahathir formulate the country's information technology policies.
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