All Malaysian can have their @1Malaysia @myemail.my email account soon. This is very interesting. I would love to have one too.
According to our Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, all malaysians who are 18 years old and above will be assigned an email account each in order to receive statements, bills and notices from the Government, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Purpose of this 1Malaysia email is to allow direct and secure communication between public and Government.
By the way, Tricubes Bhd CEO Khairun Zainal Mokhtar is responsible for developing this 1Malaysia Email project in collaboration with Microsoft, which will also include social network service, online bill checking, and payment. According to Tribubes, the project will be ready by the end of July April.
I’m sure minority of Malaysian doesn’t really like this idea especially when it involves RM50 million just to run this project. However, 1 Malaysia email is not compulsory for all Malaysians and 1 Malaysia email is a private sector led initiative by Tricubes Berhad with the investment from the company and NOT the government, said Pemandu through its etp_roadmap Twitter.
Source: Najib Facebook
No matter where the source of money comes from, in my opinion, this is unnecessary and waste of money.
“The communications content and infrastructure NKEA is also kick-starting a government initiative to provide a unique and official email account and identification for citizens of Malaysia,” said Najib.
The 1 Malaysia email service is part of Najib’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) to achieve developed nation status by 2020.
He said that the RM50 million investment would have a GNI impact of RM39 million up to 2015. Further, the 1 Malaysia email initiative will allow direct and secure communications between Malaysian citizens and government as well as enhance delivery of public services
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Check out their Facebook myemail
myemail is an email messaging service open to all Malaysians. If you are a citizen then you are entitled for a myemailaccount. Registration is simple and approval is within 24 hours. With a myemail account you can get the latest news or even events about the government directly to your inbox. Be the first to know of new government initiatives, services or policies. Use your myemail to directly communicate with government leaders and receive replies directly from them.
In the near future myemail will be coming up with services to help myemail account holders get the most out of their interaction with the government. myemail will definitely enhance the access and delivery of the government services directly to your inbox.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng advised the prime minister today to drop the 1 Malaysia free email account idea and spend the RM50 million on setting up free wi-fi hotspots nationwide instead.
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Press Media Statement from Tricubes
http://www.tricubes.com/upload/Tricubes%201Malaysia%20FAQs.pdf
1Malaysia email. Apa kata Rosmah? http://yfrog.com/h0gxnbsj
Source: Wilson Ho
Online protests against Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1 Malaysia email account initiative is increasing by the hour, with more than 24,000 Facebook users now dead set against the RM50 million project.
Facebook page “1M Malaysians Who Don’t Want Najib’s 1 Malaysia Email” has attracted 24,012 followers, in barely a day since it was first created.