NORTHERN CORRIDOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENT SCHEME (NCITES)
 

16 October 2008

PRESS RELEASE
 

THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING AND THE LAUNCH OF
NORTHERN CORRIDOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENT SCHEME (NCITES)
 

 

The Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) announced the launching of the Northern Corridor Industrial Technical Skills Enhancement Scheme (NCITES) during a signing
ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding at the Kulim Hi-Tech Park today.
 

NCIA also signed Memorandum of Understanding with the Kulim Technology Park Corporation (KTPC), and the Kulim Industrial Tenants Association (KITA), to set up the Kulim Hi-Tech Park Skills Development Center.

These programmes are two examples of the NCIA’s human capital development initiatives driven by the Manufacturing Industry Division.
 

The NCITES program is a collaboration between NCIA and three KHTP companies i.e.:-
• Infineon Technologies (Kulim) Sdn. Bhd.
• Entegris (M) Sdn. Bhd.
• Fuji Electric (M) Sdn. Bhd.

NCITES is an innovative approach to further develop skilled manpower in the effort to reduce skilled manpower shortages in the local hi-tech manufacturing, and underemployment among local graduates.

Paramount among the NCITES innovations is the enhanced direct participation of the industry in the graduate continuous learning process. Companies participating in NCITES will
provide 12 months of industrial training for graduate trainees by applying the most current
technologies, equipment, and in-house training curriculum and methodologies. These measures will fast track the development of skilled workers -- through partnership with the
industry -- to create the right talent pool, designed to meet the industry needs and support
NCER industrial growth.
 

The NCIA will provide the initial funding for the NCITES in the form of subsistence allowances
for the graduate trainees who are expected to begin their 12-month attachments by January 2009. The NCIA hopes that the results of this pilot project can then be ported into the programs being driven by the government’s human capital development agencies e.g.
Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Human Resource across the NCER and nationwide.
 

Memorandum of Understanding were also signed between NCIA, Kulim Technology Park
Corporation (KTPC) the developer of KHTP and Kulim Industrial Tenants Association (KITA),
representing the tenants of the KHTP, to jointly develop a Skills Development Center in KHTP. The three parties will collaborate to develop institutional capability to provide training
programs, materials and resources for the industry in KHTP, and to promote exchange of
personnel for training and research.
 

The Skills Development Centre in KHTP will enhance the supply of industry-relevant quality
talents to meet Kulim industry’s requirements, strengthen curriculum and enhance industry relevant skills. The centre will also increase the talent pool of technically competent
graduates with enhanced industry experience.

These two programmes represent some early initiatives by the NCIA towards meeting its
charter of facilitating the implementation of the NCER master plan. The graduates of these
human capital development programs will acquire valuable industry-relevant knowledge and
therefore greatly increase their individual income earning capacities. The creation of these
new processes will also ultimately help to retain existing investors and attract new ones by
providing a facility to produce a steady flow of competent, industry-savvy, post-graduate
human capital.
 

The signing ceremony which was attended by approximately 200 guests was witnessed by YB Ir. Tuan Haji Amiruddin Hamzah, Kedah State Chairman for Industry, Investment, Science and Innovations while NCIA was represented by its Chief Operating Officer Dato’ Ir. Mohamad Othman Zainal Azim.

Also involved with the ceremony were;
1. Tuan Haji Muhamad Sobri Osman, President of Kulim Technology Park Corporation (KTPC)
2. Dato’ Ahmad Shukri Tajuddin, Senior Vice President, Kulim Technology Park Corporation(KTPC)
3. Mr. Chris Tan, Senior Vice President – Manufacturing Industry Division, Northern Corridor Implementation Authority
4. Dato’ Tan Soo Hee, Managing Director of Infineon Technologies (Kulim) Sdn. Bhd.
5. Mr. Chai Eng Leng, Plant Manager, Entegris (M) Sdn. Bhd cum President of Kulim Industrial Tenants Association (KITA)
6. Mr. Chong Nee Hwa, Senior General Manager of Fuji Electric (M) Sdn. Bhd.
7. Encik Wan Ismail Ibrahim, Executive Director of Kedah Industrial Skills and Management Centre (KISMEC)

For additional information on NCITES, NCER & NCIA please visit www.ncer.com.my

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