Smart city technology is enhancing safety, reducing costs, building resiliency, providing innova�ve new services, and generally improving living condi�ons, as evidenced by analysts such as McKinsey Global Ins�tute projects which show that moving to the smart city concept is reducing fatali�es by 8–10 percent, accelera�ng emergency response �mes by 20–35 percent, saving average commutes by 15–20 percent, lowering disease burden by 8–15 percent, and cu�ng greenhouse gas emissions by 10–15 percent, among other posi�ve outcomes. With the aim of becoming a Vibrant City by 2030, Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) is another Malaysian Build a Seamless Future
example of smart city ini�a�ve to enrich community life by u�lising advanced technologies to deliver smart services to people in SS15 Subang Jaya. Some would say that investment needed to develop a smart city would be he�y. On the contrary, a smart city is a city that intui�vely adapts and responds to the needs of its Rakyat. The needs of the Rakyat come first as technology is merely the enabler to address that need. Its is not paramount that everything within the city be made smart, for the smart city technology to be sustainable, emphasis should be made on strategic touchpoints of everyday life. Sustainability of a smart city anchors on needs and inclusion of surrounding stakeholders.
Power of Partnerships
Given the prevailing high failure rate of projects - a PwC/Gallup study of more 10,640 projects found only 2.5% of companies met their original goals while failed IT projects cost the US$150 to 150B in lost revenue and produc�vity in the US - we must not forget that for every step of a project demands an integrated holis�c approach. The glue that connects and holds together transforma�onal drivers - such as strategic vision, planning, communica�on, culture change, digital technologies - is the right array of talent and exper�se in a highly collabora�ve partnership - o�en referred to as professional services. In 2021, Malaysia's public authori�es are now ideally placed to refresh and fast track smart city ini�a�ves with digital TM ONE is paving the road ahead with leading digital technologies, including connec�vity, cloud, IoT, mobility, analy�cs, and AI, combined with collabora�ve exper�se, to help accelerate your transforma�on and growth. Join us and immerse yourself with TM ONE’s end-to-end solu�ons by scanning the QR code.
technologies to upscale service levels, ci�zen well-being, and especially important at this �me – to forge the space for sustainable growth and development. The growing popula�on and urbanisa�on trend require local authori�es to rethink how they serve the ci�zens. Everyone from the private to the public sector and ordinary people, has a role to play. Digital technologies such as cloud, Internet of Things (IoT) and Ar�ficial Intelligence (AI) are the backbones for ci�es na�onwide to implement solu�ons that make a city smart. Real �me data collected from millions of devices and sensors can be computed and analysed at ultra fast speed to generate valuable insights. These insights can in turn be used to formulate policies and ac�on plans to improve the ci�zen's quality of lives.
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XVII | Malaysia Smart City Outlook 2021 - 2022
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