(Left to Right: Professor Dr. Albert Chen Yong Quan, Honorary Advisor of Rand Development Sdn Bhd; Marcus Chia Zeng Yik, Managing Director and CEO of Rand Development Sdn Bhd; Mr. Lim Chee Siong, Vice President of Huawei Cloud Malaysia; Ts. Harald Chia Khin Chow, Chairman of Rand Development Sdn Bhd and Roy Hu Hai Hua, Director of Huawei Cloud Malaysia)

 

[KUALA LUMPUR, 11 OCTOBER 2022]: Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia) and Rand Development Sdn Bhd (Rand), the development arm of the Rand Group Malaysia,  recently signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC) to jointly develop a Smart City Ecosystem, which will be adopted in Rand’s upcoming real estate projects.

 

The signing ceremony took place at the Huawei Customer Solution Innovation Center (CSIC)  in Kuala Lumpur, which was attended by Mr. Marcus Chia Zeng Yik, Managing Director and CEO of Rand, and Mr Lim Chee Siong, Vice President, Huawei Cloud Malaysia.  

 

The collaboration involves both parties utilising their expertise to explore the possibilities for joint further development of innovative projects that will include areas such as Smart Buildings, Smart Asset Management, Smart Hospitality, Smart Living, Smart Retail, as well as Intelligent Connectivity. These initiatives reaffirm Rand’s commitment to adopt and promote good Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) practices by leveraging innovation and technology to enhance its business capabilities as the company moves forward with its mission to build a better and sustainable future.

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Under this MoC, Huawei Malaysia will provide Rand with a wide assortment of industry–leading ICT products and solutions, including IoT communications modules and operating systems, wired and wireless access, agile networks, cloud-based distributed data centres, and Big Data platforms. Huawei Malaysia  will also leverage its strengths and expertise in information and communications technology (ICT) to develop tailor–made innovations to match Rand’s needs and requirements of the highest standards.

 

“We are delighted to work closely with Huawei as our new integrated ICT partner. Through this partnership, we will be well – positioned to create greater value for our customers and stakeholders as a whole, as well as to develop new digital business models and provide new services that ensure sustainability and efficiency in our projects. We are committed to study, explore and develop high – quality real estate projects that benefit people’s living needs and contribute to creating a better and sustainable future for the Malaysian real estate industry,” Said Mr. Marcus Chia Zeng Yik, Managing Director and CEO of Rand.

 

Mr Lim Chee Siong said: “Cloud is the way of the future. We expect that by 2025, 95 per cent of all new digital workloads will be deployed directly on the Cloud. We aim to help our partners in the region achieve their goals. Our industry strategy is simple. We focus on ‘Infrastructure as a Service’, ‘Technology as a Service’, and a win-win ecosystem with our partners to continuously improve the core competitiveness of Huawei Cloud.”

 

By forging this strategic collaboration, the parties will also work towards contributing to equipping Malaysians with in – demand digital knowledge which is critical in nation building and personal development.

 

Rand Development Sdn Bhd is the Real Estate Development arm of the Rand Group Malaysia with the vision to develop State-of-the-Art properties within the Prime and Strategic areas in Malaysia. Established in year 1994, the Rand Group Malaysia has been involved in a wide array of businesses that include International Trading, Garment and Textile Manufacturing, Real Estate Development, Infrastructure Construction and Entrepreneurship Education (Embroidery Industry) for the past 28 years. The areas of interest of Rand Development comprises of residential, commercial, hotel, industrial, large-scale township, mixed development as well as infrastructure development projects. For more information, please visit www.randland.com.my (Rand Development) and www.rand.com.my (Rand Group Malaysia).

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Press Release:

1.) https://www.mida.gov.my/mida-news/huawei-rand-in-jv-for-smart-city-ecosystem-development/

2.) https://www.thesundaily.my/business/huawei-rand-in-jv-for-smart-city-ecosystem-development-AM9970031

3.) https://www.chinapress.com.my/20221019/丰裕发展控股签备忘录-新项目采用华为技术/​

4.) Interview with Mr. Marcus Chia, the Managing Director and CEO of Rand Development Sdn. Bhd. by the Philippine World News

5.) https://www.businessnews.com.my/rand-huawei-new-partnership-develop-smart-city-ecosystem/

6.) https://newswav.com/article/huawei-rand-in-jv-for-smart-city-ecosystem-development-A2210_AJYeHn

7.) https://disruptivetechasia.com/big_news/rand-development-and-huawei-enter-partnership-for-smart-city-ecosystem-development/

8.) https://labuannews.com/huawei-rand-in-jv-for-smart-city-ecosystem-development/

9.) https://oltnews.com/huawei-and-rand-in-a-joint-venture-for-the-development-of-a-smart-city-ecosystem

10.) Interview with Marcus Chia Zeng Yik, Managing Director and CEO of Rand Development by Asia Pacific Economic Review