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Abang Johari signing on the plaque near the rotating globe, the first of its kind in the country, at the D-Virtual Park in Samaharan here today. – Photos by Muhammad Rais Sanusi
KOTA SAMARAHAN (Oct 12): Borneo’s first virtual reality theme park, known as D-Virtual Park, has been officially opened by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg in Jalan Meradek here today.
Being the brainchild of Serba Dinamik Group as part of a digital strategy for Sarawak, Group President Datuk Abdul Kadier Sahib said that the theme park housed a ‘Creative Studio’ and also Mini Esports Hub D-Arena facilities in collaboration with Sarawak. E-Sports. Association (SESA).
“This D-Virtual Park supports the prime minister’s agenda on digital economy strategy for the state. It is built on the concept of the best digital technology infrastructure, focusing primarily on the latest development in virtual reality technology, technological innovation and digital entertainment in Borneo, ”said Abdul Kadier.
The virtual reality theme park, which will be completed quickly in the first quarter of this year, features a rotating globe right in front of the building, a first in the country.
Abdul Kadier said that Samarahan was chosen as the location for the RM13 million virtual reality theme park, rather than the capital city of Kuching, as it was part of a digital economy strategy to develop communities in rural areas in terms of improve awareness of the latest news. available technologies.
Abang Johari (in front, second from left), flanked by Abdul Kadier (on his right) and Abdul Karim, in a photo shoot with others in front of the rotating globe at D-Virtual Park before the launch ceremony begins.
During the launch ceremony service, Abang Johari said that he was impressed with the state-of-the-art facilities and technologies on offer at the theme park and hoped that the theme park could be the spark to encourage the young generation to embrace the latest advances in technology. front.
Abang Johari added that pursuing the digital economy was his main agenda since taking over as Prime Minister from the late Pehin Sri Adenan Satem and since then a list of initiatives to integrate the state economy, which relies mainly on the agricultural sector, has been implemented with digital technologies. .
“We have organized numerous international conferences on the digital economy as platforms for the state to revolutionize its way of doing business and promote the digital economy,” he said, adding that experts from around the world were invited to be part of the panel of speakers of these conferences.
Abang Johari emphasized that the state must seek to access larger markets beyond its borders because the state has only a population of 2.8 million spread over its huge landmass.
Other initiatives introduced by the state government included the creation of the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA), the introduction of the state’s own Sarawak Pay mobile payments application, and an allocation of RM1 billion to improve digital infrastructure in the state, such as the construction of telecommunications towers.
Abang Johari experimenting with a virtual walk in the D-Virtual Park during his visit today.
“We used our own funds to upgrade existing infrastructure in the state because there were delays in obtaining funding from the federal government at the time and we were hopeful that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission would provide us with a matching grant later on.” . Abang Johari said.
He also said that Sarawak Pay had been recognized by Singapore Business Review as a digital application that was widely used during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Prime Minister was accompanied during the visit to the theme park by the Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, who said that the virtual reality park could serve as the last tourism product to be offered to the people.
“I see that this place is located near the center of the city and I think it has the potential to be included in one of our tourist packages to serve national tourists. I was also quite impressed with the offerings in the park, ”added Abdul Karim.
Four Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed during the launch ceremony, one between Serba Dinamik Group, Sarawak Economic Development Corporation and Center of Technical Excellence, another between Serba Dinamik Group and SESA, one between Serba Dinamik IT Solutions and State Family and Women Department and the last one was between StartUp Borneo Malaysia and Women Rise Malaysia.
Francisca Luhong James, newly crowned Miss Universe Malaysia 2020, also made a special virtual appearance for her Women Rise Malaysia movement and congratulated the state on its digital initiatives.
During the launch ceremony, Serba Dinamik also presented ‘D-Tamu’ as a marketplace for ‘digital tamu’.
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