Much work ahead

KL mall Plaza Low Yat and Low Yat City's area manager, Patrick Honan, said the mall has committed to being the first IT mall in Malaysia to support the Sikap Tulen IT Mall campaign.

Honan said, "Software piracy remains an issue that we have been actively and seriously campaigning against; the severity of which is written in our tenancy agreement whereby retailers who knowingly sell counterfeit software may face a review of their tenancy contract as well as being prevented in taking up future promotional space. That is how committed we are in this fight."

BSA's Chua said, "In a recent study on the IT competitiveness of 66 economies around the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the study placed Malaysia as the 36th most competitive country on the list. As a country that is gearing up for developed nation status, we simply have to do much better. Add to that the economic challenges that exists globally today, it is now imperative for us to improve on our country's overall business environment, IT infrastructure, human capital, legal environment, R&D environment, and support for IT industry development."