It was also expected to increase opportunities in the service industry and create employment across the value chain for 420,000 people, GSIAC said in a statement.
“The Smart City-Smart Village project aims at balancing development in the urban and rural areas, focusing on the use of green technology and information and communications technology (ICT).
“The goal of the initiative is to improve everything from energy use to healthcare, education, traffic and shopping by doing it ‘smart’ with the help of ICT and green technology,” it added.
GSIAC yesterday hosted a Smart Communities Workshop together with the Malaysia Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) and New York Academy Of Sciences to gather inputs for the implementation of the Smart City-Smart Village projects in Malaysia with other key stakeholders.
MIGHT president and chief executive officer Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman said “green field” and “brown field” projects had been identified for the Smart City programme.
“In a green field project we find there’ll be a very good opportunity to develop new cities like the Iskandar region and cities near the Greater Kuala Lumpur area.
“In a brown field project such as the present city of Kuala Lumpur, we see a need to also see beyond the elements of infrastructure such as social development, culture and the value we can add to the existing city development to raise the quality of life,” he added.
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