Firstly, to create a national consensus on the critical importance of Malaysia making the transition to the Information Society.
Through all of human history from its earliest beginnings until now, there have been only three basic stages of economic life: (1) hunting-and-gathering societies; (2) agricultural societies; and (3) industrial societies. Now, looming over the horizon, is something entirely new, the fourth stage of social organization: information societies.
The Agricultural Revolution took millenia to do its work, the impact of the Industrial Revolution spread over centuries, but the Information Revolution will happen within a lifetime.
During the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the citizens of those countries who were able to industrialise fastest reaped the greatest rewards from the changes. The same holds true with the advent of the Information Revolution and Malaysians must have the vision and will to be among those countries which informatise fastest to reap the greatest rewards in the new millennium in enhancing both our competitive advantages in the global marketplace as well as the quality of life of Malaysians.