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Asean
shapes up for e-government Courtesy
of By Bahreen Hamzah
Riding on the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) wave that is sweeping the region, the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is embarking on a
move to introduce electronic government (e-government) in their respective
civil services to improve efficiency. "The e-government programme
is no longer about improving but a bona fide transformation on governance and
services. It is intended to bring about a new environment
and create a new relationship to establish the best of governance and
services that previously were not there," said Dato
Paduka Awang Haji Hazair bin Hj Abdullah. The Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's
Office was the chief guest at the opening of the Asean
conference on civil service matters seminar at the Holiday Lodge in Jerudong yesterday. "The advent of the digital revolution in the
form of Information and Communication Technology that we all are now facing
is a global and irreversible phenomena. It has brought with it the most
fundamental business change since the industrial revolution," Dato Hj Hazair
added. The one-day seminar was entitled "Managing
Electronic Government in the Asean Civil
Services". Secretary-generals, heads of department and senior government
officials from Asean member countries attended the
seminar. Dato Hj Hazair also spoke on the
need for governments to undertake a major review of the way things are done
and how the public sector can harness InfoComm
technologies and deliver services in an effective manner by embarking on
e-government programmes. He also stressed that the need for cooperation in
ICT was clear with the adoption of the plan of action at This eventually led to the formation of e-Asean concept, which integrates Asean's
efforts into ICT while maintaining links with the global information
infrastructure. Before the opening ceremony, the Director of
Management Services department and Chairman of the ACCSM Resource Centre in
Managing Technologies, Awg Hj
Sapawi bin Bolhassan
delivered a welcome address. He said that He added that already During the seminar, each Asean
member countries had to present country papers focussing
on issues such as resources, infrastructures and management. It touches other
areas of interest such as national programmes on
ICT such as
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