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Headline: Natural History Publications Launches New Website
Date Posted: 2/11/2003
E-COMMERCE ... Tham launching the
website while Chan (wearing spectacles) and website creator John Kong look on.
KOTA KINABALU: The electronic government in the State has been progressing
steadily since its implementation five years ago and has enhanced the capability
of civil servants, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Tham Nyip Shen.
He said since it was established in 1997, a lot of the people had been using the
e-government to provide services.
"A lot of people may complain that the process is a bit slow but I say
it'sprogressing steadily. It definitely takes a lot of time to get everybody to
get used to this e-government," he told the press after launching the Natural
History Publication (Borneo) website here yesterday.
"Our electronic government was only established five years ago in 1997 and it
will take a bit more time to mature. But I see that a lot of people are using
the e-government to provide services which is very good.
"The most important part is we actually enhance the capability of civil servants
to use IT to provide services to the Sabah people, and it is a very encouraging
sign that we are moving in a right direction," he added.
According to Tham, all the government departments had shifted to the
e-government after it was launched in 1997.
"I think all the government departments are already connected since day one, but
I would not be able to provide the statistics on how many percent of the
services are delivered over the intra-net or Sabah Net which is managed by the-kkip.
corn," he said.
Meanwhile, Tham disclosed that the State Secretary's office was now making
arrangement to place IT (information technology) under the jurisdiction of his
ministry.
"The State Secretary (Datuk KY Mustafa) is now making the arrangement and would
make the announcement after everything has
been finalised. .1 hope it will be completed soon," he added.
The IT is now under the Chief Minister's Department. Tham's predecessor Tan Sri
Joseph Kurup had complained in the past that the ministry does not have the
facility and funding to develop IT in the State.
Speaking at the function earlier, Tham commended Natural History Publication
(Borneo) director Datuk C.L. Chan for embarking on e-commerce by setting up a
website (developed by IBiz Solutions)
on the Internet to promote and sell their products to overseas market.
The e-commerce would solve the many tedious problems that we haveto go through
using the conventional method," he pointed out.
Chan said the result had been encouraging as he had started receiving orders,
but more importantly the website would enable people from other countries to
know more about Sabah through the publication of books about the State.
After his 10 years' works of publishing books on Sabah's natural wonders and
history, Chan said he had now ventured into publishing books on Sabah's cultural
heritage and tourism products.
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