<P> The MSC flagship applications were launched to boost the MSC Malaysia initiatives and to create a multimedia utopia (hub) for innovative producers and users of multimedia technology . Consortia comprising both the local and foreign companies (MNCs) collaborated with various government agencies, departments and ministries to enhance the socio - economic development of Malaysia in the new millennium (Information Age). The vision and mission of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) as expressed by Dr Mahathir Mohammad, the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the time (1981--2003), is essentially this: </P> <P> "MSC is paramount to leapfrog (Malaysia) into the 21st century and to achieve Malaysia's Vision 2020, the MSC was created to endeavour the best environment to harness the full potential of the multimedia without any artificial limits . MSC is a global test bed (hub), where the limits of the possible can be explored, and new ways of living, working, and playing in the new area of the Information Age ." (Ibrahim Ariff & Goh Chen Chuan, 2000; Jeong, 2007) </P> <P> The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) is a Government - designated zone in Malaysia designed to leapfrog Malaysia into the information and knowledge age . It aims to attract companies with temporary tax breaks and facilities such as high - speed Internet access and proximity to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport . </P> <P> MSC Malaysia covers an area of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) × 50 km (31 mi) (that is, 750 km (290 sq mi)) stretching from the Petronas Twin Towers to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and including the towns of Putrajaya and Cyberjaya . On 7 December 2006, Port Klang was added to the MSC . </P>

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