Singapore and Malaysia will be signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 19 February to formalise the two countries’ cooperation in the field of information and communications, the Ministry of Communications & Information in Singapore has announced. The MoU will be signed by Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and Information, Singapore, and Dr Salleh Said Keruak, Minister of Communications and Multimedia, during Dr Yaacob’s visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where both he and Dr Salleh are guests of honour at the 10th Muzika Ekstravaganza (Muzika).
The MoU will cover cooperation in areas such as television and film productions, exchange of news, information technology and postal services. It will foster continued regular exchanges between officials, broadcasters and artistes from both countries. The MoU will strengthen existing collaborations between the broadcast sectors of the two countries, which include the staging of the annual gala variety show Muzika, and pave the way for new areas of cooperation like information technology and postal services.
Muzika is a platform to showcase musical talents from Singapore and Malaysia and also an avenue for officials and broadcasters from both countries to meet and build bilateral relations. Singapore’s MediaCorp and Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) will are producing the 10th Muzika. This year’s variety special will pay tribute to an icon of the Malay entertainment industry, Tan Sri P. Ramlee. Hosted by Singapore’s Nadiah M. Din and Malaysia’s Ungku Ismail, Muzika will be telecast “live” on the Singapore TV channel MediaCorp Suria and on Malaysia's RTM TV2 on 19 February 2016 at 8.30pm.
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