@CAT aims to win the future
Story by Danny Ooi
Pix by Darwina Mohd Daud
PENANG’s Accelerator for Creative, Analytics & Technology – Penang@CAT official launch on Oct
10 at Wisma Yeap Chor Eee brings together key representatives from the technology, creative
multimedia sector, multinational companies, entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts.
The unique colonial heritage venue in George Town– is the new home where the tech community in
Penang can unleash their inspiration, technological aspirations and creative talents.
“Since @CAT is going to be another prominent initiative in Penang, we decided to house this
programme at Wisma Yeap Chor Ee, leased out by Wawasan Open University to Penang Development
Corporation (PDC) on June 29, 2014 for 30 years. It has successfully realised part of the state
government’s dream in promoting science and technology and creative animation cluster,” Chief
Minister Lim Guan Eng said at the launching ceremony.
Also present were general manager of PDC, Datuk Rosli Jaafar, Special Advisor to the Chief
Minister Lee Kar Choon, trustee, Yeap Chor Ee Charitable and Endowment Trusts, Datuk Seri
Stephen Yeap Leong Huat, chief executive officer of MaGIC, Cheryl Yeoh and general manager of
investPenang, Loo Lee Lian.
Lim added that @CAT will be the heart of Penang’s tech start up ecosystem where the Penang
State Government’s enterprising plan is to boost the local tech sector and to bring the state’s many
players under one roof.
@CAT aims to accelerate the establishment and growth of creative technology based startup
companies and to nurture new talents in the new sunrise fields of cloud computing, applications
technology, Big Data Analytics (BDA) and Internet of Things (loT).
“I believe, developing the state’s talented young people to move up the value chain and promote
new creative ideas and innovative technology is our pirority today,” he stressed.
Lim said the recent trend of the global semiconductor industry has been shifting towards the
Internet of Things (loT) where wearable technologies, mavhines, software and sensors that use cloud
computing to communicate with each other is in rising demand.
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