MALAYSIA SMART CITY OUTLOOK 2021-2022

YBhg. Datuk Zainal Abidin Bin Abu Hassan

Secretary General Ministry of Housing & Local Government

KPKT’s significant Smart City milestones Based on our data profiling, 1,912 ini�a�ves have been implemented. We have launched ‘I-tegur’, an online public complaint management system and PBT payment portal for local authori�es. We also collaborated with countries under the ambit of the Asean Smart Ci�es Network. For example, Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu has undertaken studies on smart new township with Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Suppor�ng technology-driven solu�ons During the early days of the pandemic, an e-commerce pla�ormwas launched by Majlis Perbandaran Klang. They created this themselves at low-cost. This has helped small local entrepreneurs to market and deliver their products as the pla�orm links them to customers. So, those affected by the pandemic see their income increase by threefold. We support this kind of ini�a�ves.

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Encouraging technology adop�on by municipali�es We have 154 PBTs with different levels of capacity. Our profiling helps to evaluate individual readiness and determine each PBT’s priori�es yearly. We train and capacity-build those new to Smart City. State and local governments are encouraged to develop their smart city road maps and blueprints. We use available budget to align priori�es so that smart city components will be the main agenda for PBTs.

YBrs. Dr Raslan Bin Ahmad, FASc. Senior Vice President Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT)

Strengthening the Smart City agenda We have always ensured our partners share a common agenda to help the country transform into a smart na�on. Through the Malaysia Smart City Alliance and the Word Urban Forum in 2018, we provided a pla�orm for smart city stakeholders to share, exchange knowledge and project solu�ons, involving also interna�onal players such as the Global Federa�on for Compe��ve Council and the Global Futures Group. Challenges and opportuni�es Through a series of events, we have raised awareness on the challenges and opportuni�es of smart city development, such as funding, infrastructure, regulatory and talent issues and technical adop�on. With UNIDO and the World Bank, we facilitated capacity-building training for local authori�es to equip themselves for Smart City implementa�on, exploring alterna�ve financing models to help strengthen their capacity through Public Private Partnerships.

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MIGHT’ s role in the Malaysian Smart City agenda It started in 2010 when MIGHT was the Secretariat for the Global Science and Innova�on Advisory Council (GSIAC). This addressed urban and rural community issues, looking at digital and bio-economy as well as human capacity-building. Star�ng from the GSIAC, we began bringing in key smart city stakeholders, including industry players, technology providers and the state and local government to plan, implement and monitor aspects of sustainable ci�es and communi�es.

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