KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) will collaborate with Microsoft Corp to implement infrastructure development and human capital development programmes that focus on the use of current technology to empower Orang Asli youth in Malaysia.
said discussions on the matter with Microsoft were held during his working visit to Washington DC in the United States.
He said to kick off the initiative, HRD Corp will implement a pilot project for the Orang Asli in Tapah, Perak, beginning with about 100 Orang Asli families before it is extended to the whole community. "The collaboration will combine the strengths of both organisations in empowering Orang Asli youth through the use of technology that will improve skills and thinking ability," he said in a statement here Saturday .
Saravanan also said that the main aim in implementing the programme and initiative is to encourage youths, especially the Orang Asli, to improve themselves proactively and to open opportunities for jobs and become entrepreneurs. He said he was optimistic that the collaboration between HRD Corp and Microsoft would benefit the Orang Asli community through high-impact programmes involving the technology sector. - Bernama
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