How to Apply for MSC Malaysia Status / Eligibility Criteria
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Provider/Developer and/or heavy user of multimedia products and services |
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Employ substantial proportion of Knowledge Workers (KWs) i.e. total KWs must be 15% of total
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KWs are those who holds: |
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Academic qualification (Degree) from an institute of higher learning (any field), OR |
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Diploma in multimedia/ICT or specialized ICT certification plus at least 2 years` relevant
experience in multimedia/ICT or in a field that is a heavy user of ICT, OR |
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Professional, executive, management and technical, work categories in ITES
(IT-enabled services) e.g. IT/IS Professionals,Finance/Accounting, Business Admin |
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Also include:
i) SSO - Foreign workers with the required knowledge-based skills not prevalent in Malaysia
ii) CMC - workers who are utilized for their creative talent to produce value-add creative works for
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Strong value propositions specifying how operations will contribute to the development of the
MSC Malaysia and Malaysia |
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Establish a separate legal entity for MSC Malaysia-qualifying activities |
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Comply with environmental guidelines |
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| Incubators |
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Technology Focus |
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The Incubator must house tenants that are involved in ICT/Multimedia (e.g software,
e-commerce, telecom), biotechnology and/or bio-informatics. |
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Tenancy |
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The Incubator must house early stage growth companies (ie seed-levelor start-up companies)
involved in the above defined technology focus areas. |
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Facilities |
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The Incubator must offer at least the following basic facilities ; |
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* Utilities including water and electricity
* Internet access at minimum bandwidth of 128kbps
* Share facilities (eg meeting rooms, reception, audio-visual systems)
* Business advisory support (in-house or outsourced)
* Minimum 2,000 sq ft floor space |
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Management |
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The Incubator must have a dedicated management team to provide business support
services in order to nurture the incubatees, besides managing the physical
infrastructure. Applicants are advised to understand the key eligibility criteria for
MSC Malaysia Status as listed above before preparing their applications. The
applicant may also seek assistance at the draft stage of the application.
All newly formed incubators must register with the Registrar Of Companies within a
month of obtaining MSC Malaysia Status. |
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| Institutes of Higher Learning |
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All Applicants must have all of the following activities in order to qualify for the MSC Malaysia incentives,
depending on whether they are companies, institutions of higher education or faculties and depending
on the location of their business or activities, namely :- |
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Provide or be a heavy user of multimedia products and services; |
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Grant either diploma or degree courses in multimedia, information technology and related fields for a
training period covering a minimum period of 2 years and above ; |
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Establish a multimedia faculty or a qualified faculty conducting multimedia courses, programmes and
related activities; |
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Employ a substantial number of knowledge workers; |
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Conduct and support R&D activities; |
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All Applicants must also be registered as a separate legal entity; and |
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Comply with Lembaga Akreditasi Negara guidelines |
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Applicable courses must only be related to multimedia, information technology and communication fields.
For more information on the eligibility criteria for IHLs, download the full qualifying activities. |
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