今年3月马来西亚推出据称是世界首创的高.科技电子护照.这种护照的封底嵌有记录着护照持有人个人资料如指纹和相片的微晶片.5月、在离首都吉隆坡不远的加影,一家与众不同的“餐馆”正式开张营业,其摆设不是普通的主餐桌椅,而是最新式的电脑.它向大众提供的不是饮食,而是“知识”.这便是马来西亚第一家因特网“餐厅”.马联合银行去年5月在这里的绿野购物中心开设了第一间“映象金融服务站”,今年5月推出第二间这样的服务站.它以电脑取代人力资源,为客户提供金融服务.以上实例是信息技术近年来在马来西亚发展的缩影.马总理马哈蒂尔去年10月在为通过全国所有电视台现场直播的“信息技术觉醒运动” 主持发起仪式时强调,21世纪是“全球世纪”,在知识挂帅的经济体系里,“信息技术极为重要,所以在发展和策划国家社会经济方面它被放在第一位”.他呼吁马全国上下必须一心一意做个“知识工人”. In March this year, Malaysia introduced what it claims is the world’s first high-tech e-passport containing a microchip that records the passport holder’s personal data, such as fingerprints and photos, in May, not far from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur Kajang, a distinctive “restaurant” was officially opened, its display is not an ordinary main dining table and chairs, but the latest type of computer it provides the public not diet, but “knowledge.” This is Malaysia The first Internet “restaurant.” In January of this year, UBB opened its first “Image Financial Service Station” at its Green Mall here last May and launched its second such service station in May of this year, replacing it with a computer Human Resources to Provide Financial Services to Customers The above example is a microcosm of the development of information technology in Malaysia in recent years. When Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad launched a ceremony in October last year for the “Information Technology Awakening Campaign” broadcast live on all television stations nationwide Stressing that the 21st century is the “global century,” and in the knowledge-based economy, “information technology is of paramount importance. Therefore, it has been put in the first place in the development and planning of the national social economy Bit. ”He called on the entire nation to be a“ knowledge worker ”wholeheartedly.