51.   Individual stores, such as Good Guys, Staples and CompUSA also posted strong sales for Christmas as consumers were drawn to new multimedia technology.

52.   But demand for PCs will remain strong, driven by the arrival of multimedia technologies that have turned computers into home entertainment centers offering games and television reception.

53.   Sluiter said the investments would be in multimedia technology and component manufacturing and systems to produce sophisticated cellular phones and pagers and other telecommunication equipment.

54.   The MSC, a brainchild of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad who has aggressively promoted the project overseas, is designed to be a hub for multimedia technology firms.