Comments on: Google To Setup Shop in Malaysia?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:04:19 +0000

@Ria: Hmm. I’m not attacking Malaysia

@Jun: Those points are quite valid. Red tape, corruption still hinders some businesses from setting up here.

@Jhay: Improving our internet backbone just to have Google come over here is wrong. But what I’m saying is that the government should have worked on this a long time ago. Plus look at the ZTE mess. As a result of this delay, we have to contend with crappy connections that our providers call ‘DSL’ and Google is pretty much aware of that.

@Iplanner: Is it really?

By: iplanner

iplanner — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:40:09 +0000

or maybe google is more popular in Malaysia?

By: jhay

jhay — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:34:51 +0000

Improve the country’s internet backbone first before serving any other customer. We Filipinos must be the first ones to benefit from any improvements in the local IT infrastructure.

By: Jun Macarambon

Jun Macarambon — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:29:59 +0000

plus red tape/corruptions. tsk!

By: Jun Macarambon

Jun Macarambon — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:28:43 +0000

i think the reason Google won’t put up their business here is… Foreign companies can’t own a majority stake. It should be own by Filipinos.

Also foreigners can’t own the land. Companies leasing a land long term is not good business.

Most foreign companies has local partners here.

By: Ria Jose

Ria Jose — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:49:37 +0000

IMHO, rather than attacking Malaysia and being hurt and all, we should ask why we were never even considered. And make the necessary actions to make our infrastructures, government policies, and whatnots, more conducive to projects such as these.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:49:19 +0000

@Noemi: Hi Noemi! Thanks. I think the sad thing is we were never in the running. The government could have given them a set of incentives if given even a glimmer of a chance that Google would invest here.

By: noemi

noemi — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:33:40 +0000

I bet the government incentive was more attractive in Malaysia.

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Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:12:38 +0000

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