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        "msgid": "lim-proposes-linking-asian-cities-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-12-05 00:00:00",
        "title": "Lim proposes linking Asian cities",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Lim proposes linking Asian cities Singapore's Communication and Information Minister David Lim said in New Delhi Tuesday his country was setting up a network for IT development in the Asian region connecting all big cities including those in India. India had already evinced keen interest in joining the project called the \"Asian belt of IT cities,\" which proposes to pool in the strengths of different countries in the region \"to collectively grow the market\".",
        "content": "<p>Lim proposes linking Asian cities<\/p>\n<p>Singapore's Communication and Information Minister David Lim<br>\nsaid in New Delhi Tuesday his country was setting up a network<br>\nfor IT development in the Asian region connecting all big cities<br>\nincluding those in India.<\/p>\n<p>India had already evinced keen interest in joining the project<br>\ncalled the \"Asian belt of IT cities,\" which proposes to pool in<br>\nthe strengths of different countries in the region \"to<br>\ncollectively grow the market\".<\/p>\n<p>\"It is really the creation of new ideas we are looking at to<br>\nbuild infrastructure, to increase competencies,\" he said, adding<br>\nAsian countries could tap third-country markets in partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Lim said China's strengths in hardware and India's pool of<br>\nsoftware talent would mean it could bring complementary strengths<br>\nto the project.<\/p>\n<p>\"India seems to be interested in the project. I would think<br>\nChina would be interested too,\" the minister added.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Asian cities which could be connected apart from<br>\nIndia's include Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said cooperation between individual corporations<br>\nof Asian countries, such as a joint venture between India's<br>\nBharti group and Singapore Telecom, was already taking place.<\/p>\n<p>He said no large investments had been planned as of now,<br>\nadding this would depend on how the whole project took shape.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, Indian IT and Communications Minister<br>\nPramod Mahajan said he was trying to set up a forum to bring<br>\nabout common Asian policies for IT and telecommunications.<\/p>\n<p>\"I am planning to write to eight to 10 Asian ministers to meet<br>\nsometime in March and April. The idea is we should have some<br>\ncommon policy or mechanism in IT and telecoms so that Asia will<br>\nbe benefited,\" he told a conference of the high-powered India<br>\nEconomic Summit here. --AFP<\/p>",
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