MALAYSIA DIGITAL STATUS
Who is Eligible?
What is Malaysia Digital?
MSC Malaysia is now rebranded to Malaysia Digital (MD) to accelerate the sustainable growth of Malaysia’s digital economy and create substantial digital economic spill-over through equitable access to digital tools, knowledge, and income opportunities.
The Government of Malaysia, through Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), awards MD Status to eligible companies that participate in and undertake any of the MD activities. The grant of MD Status entitles eligible companies to a set of incentives, rights and privileges from the Government of Malaysia, namely the MD Bill of Guarantees (BoGs), subject to necessary approvals, compliance of applicable conditions and applicable laws and regulations
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Eligibility
Criteria:
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Company incorporated under the Companies Act 2016 and resident in Malaysia
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Proposing to carry out or is currently carrying out one or more of the Malaysia Digital activities.
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Malaysia Digital Activities
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Big Data Analytics (BDA)
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Artificial Intelligence (AI);
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Financial Technology (Fintech)
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Internet of Things (IoT);
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Cybersecurity (technology/software/design and support);
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Data Centre and Cloud;
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Blockchain;
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Creative Media Technology;
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Sharing Economy Platform;
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User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX);
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Integrated Circuit (IC) design and Embedded Software;
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3D printing (technology/software/design and support);
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Robotics (technology/software/design);
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Autonomous Technologies
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Systems/network architecture design and support;
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Global Business Services or Knowledge Process Outsourcing;
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Virtual, Augmented and/or extended reality;
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Drone technology;
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Advance telecommunication technology
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Other emerging technologies deemed significant for the digital ecosystem subject to approval by the Approval Committee.
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Malaysia Digital BILL OF GUARANTEES (BoGs)
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Foreign Knowledge Worker Projection, Employment Pass and its related passes.
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Tax incentives (income tax exemption or investment tax allowance);
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Multimedia/ICT equipment import duty and sales tax exemption;
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Competitive and ready infrastructure for business available at MD Cybercities/Cybercentres;
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Freedom of ownership by exempting from local ownership requirements;
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Flexibility to source capital and funds globally; and/or
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MDEC as the one-stop agency for MD Status companies.
Note: Subject to separate approvals being obtained (if any), applicable eligibility criteria and conditions, as well as applicable laws and regulation.
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