Rural Internet Centres in Malaysia – locally known as Pusat Internet Desa (PIDs) – are making their mark on GEW Malaysia 2009. Another PID Social Entrepreneurship Fair has been organized this year in partnership with the Social Entrepreneurship Clubs (SE Clubs) and local communities in 38 villages across Malaysia.

More than 400 activities are being organized across the country as part of the GEW Malaysia 2009. Activities include entrepreneurship workshops, ICT (Information & Communication Technology) trainings and workshops for entrepreneurs, sharing sessions on entrepreneurships, games and competitions, bazaar and exhibitions, site visits to grassroots businesses followed by sharing sessions, and local content development.

To inaugurate these activities, the PID Social Entrepreneurship Fair 2009 was launched on 17 November at a PID in Hulu Langat in Selangor District. The event was launched by the local Parliament representative YB. Tuan Ismail bin Sani Nor. The event was broadcast live and participated in by 16 other PIDs.

Members of Hulu Langat’s Social Entrepreneurship Club participated in the launch event, opening 20 booths displaying various local products and services such as handicrafts, beauty products, fruit juice, and clothing. The launching was livened up with performances of a Kompang – a ten-people music team with small drum – and silat, a traditional martial art, by the local youth.