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Published on: Saturday, December 12, 2020
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: Revocation of the cabotage exemption that allows foreign vessels to conduct undersea cable repairs in Malaysian waters might scare foreign investors away from investing in telecommunications and internet infrastructure in Malaysia, according to a research analyst.
Amanda Yeo of EMIR Research feared this could happen despite the fact that the government will triple the bandwidth capacity of the Sistem Kabel Rakyat Malaysia (SKRM) submarine cable linking West and East Malaysia.
“This is especially prominent in Sabah, a Malaysian state with a relatively higher cost of living as the cabotage policy was implemented in Sabah and Sarawak for a whole range of foreign goods and services, not just undersea cable repairs prior to 2017,” she said.
Published on: Sunday, December 13, 2020
By: Amanda Yeo
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Although the government will triple the bandwidth capacity of the Sistem Kabel Rakyat Malaysia (SKRM) submarine cable linking West and East Malaysia, the recent decision by the Transport Ministry (MOT) to revoke the cabotage exemption for foreign vessels to conduct undersea cable repairs in Malaysian waters might scare foreign investors away from investing telecommunications and internet infrastructure in Malaysia.
This is especially prominent in Sabah, a Malaysian state with a relatively higher cost of living.
The Sabahans should know this as the cabotage policy was implemented in Sabah and Sarawak for a whole range of foreign goods and services, not just undersea cable repairs prior to 2017.
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