Cyberjaya
Cyberjaya is a township that forms a key part of the
Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia. It is situated about
50 km from
Kuala Lumpur, the capital of
Malaysia. This town is known as the
Silicon Valley of Malaysia Spanning an area of about 28.94 square kilometres (7,000 acres), the town is the nucleus of the
Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC). It was built to be the city of the future, but no actual goals towards this end have been announced. The Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) (formerly MDC), the agency tasked with spearheading the MSC's progress also has its headquarters in the heart of Cyberjaya.
The official opening ceremony for Cyberjaya was held in July
1999 by then
Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr
Mahathir bin Mohamad.
A number of companies who qualify for MSC incentives have relocated to Cyberjaya. Among them are
IBM,
Shell IT,
EDS and others.
The site for Cyberjaya was primarily undeveloped land consisting of oil palm plantations. It has since seen extensive building activities including a small mall, a boutique hotel, and numerous commercial buildings. As of
2005, Cyberjaya still lacks significant residential properties apart from the D'Melor condos, the Cyberia condo and townhouse. This results in de-population of the area when office workers commute home every night.
Most people living in Cyberjaya are the students from
Multimedia University and
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT). Apart from that, those who commute to Cyberjaya normally live in the areas nearby to Cyberjaya due to high costs. Thus, many working or studying in Cyberjaya normally live in
Dengkil,
Serdang,
Sri Kembangan,
Putrajaya and also
Puchong.
As an emerging township, Cyberjaya now has the services of a Police Station, and a small Fire Station (Bomba).
An early component of Cyberjaya was the
Multimedia University, known locally as
MMU. The university's enrolment is currently about 12,000 students. Faculty departments include Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Creative Media, Business and Economics(Management). Since the relocation of the
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) to Cyberjaya,
MMU is no longer the only education institution located in Cyberjaya.
Recent additions to Cyberjaya in 2006 includes the
Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences(CUCMS) which has recently opened for enrolment. Also, there is a
Sekolah Seri Puteri which is a National Secondary Full Boarding School
(Malay: Sekolah Berasrama Penuh) for girls.
As Malaysia's premier IT hub, Cyberjaya has a communication backbone running primarily on fibre optics. As such, many data centres are located here. However, some commercial and residential still use copper lines to provide "last mile" access to customers. Broadband access covering wireless and fixed line is readily available. Broadband access is serviced primarily by
MyKris, [http://www.arc.net.my NTT MSC(formerly ARCnet)],
City Broadband,
TMnet and recently,
Air Broadband which has announced its test pilot plans in Cyberjaya for
Wimax.
There also exists a small
Pos Malaysia post office in the
Cyberjaya Transport Terminal.
Cyberjaya is approximately 40 minutes from the Malaysian capital of
Kuala Lumpur, 30 minutes from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and less than one hour from
Port Klang, the nation's main port. It is connected to all main business districts by a network of highways. There is a railway station beside Cyberjaya in
Putrajaya Sentral as part of the
ERL network with the
KLIA Transit passing through every 30 mins.
KLIA Ekspres railway line passes almost the whole length of Cyberjaya's eastern border. Cyberjaya also features a single bus terminal, known as the
Cyberjaya Transport Terminal. Taxis are also available.at the Cyberjaya Transport Terminal.
In
March 2006,
1 Utama introduced a new shuttle coach service to and from Cyberjaya. The shuttle service costs RM3.00 per trip (coupons need to be purchased at 1 Utama's Customer Information Counter). Apart from that, starting on 1st
July 2006. as part of
Rapid KL's efforts to revamp the bus services, the old 868 bus service has been discontinued. Under the new system, the bus system in Cyberjaya has been zoned for service under Rapid KL under
Area 4. As such, the new shuttle buses currently serving Cyberjaya consist of bus no. 428 & no. 429.
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Setia Haruman, Master Developer of Cyberjaya Official Website*
Cyberjaya Facilities & Contacts*
Cyberjaya Maps & Images *
Comprehensive Cyberjaya map by MDeC *
Multimedia University, Cyberjaya Campus *
LimKokWing University of Creative Technology *
Seri Puteri Visited*
1 Utama*
Rapid KL website
