Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday (Jan 2) launched the national Central Database Hub (Padu) system covering nearly 300 types of data under the Federal Government. Anwar said Padu will ensure those deserving would benefit from subsidy aid and other forms of government assistance.
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00:00 The National Central Database Hub, or PADU, is now operational.
00:05 This system contains profiles of individuals and households, including citizens and permanent
00:10 residents of Malaysia.
00:13 Speaking during the launch on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dato' Sri Arnold Ibrahim said that
00:17 effective subsidy rationalisation is not possible without PADU and digital transformation.
00:24 "We are building a more sophisticated and competitive system.
00:34 It needs a strong will and not a weak resistance.
00:39 Without PADU, there is too much scarcity.
00:42 There is no reason why there are still poor groups in our country.
00:48 If we spend 22 billion rupiah on helping the poor and 80 billion rupiah on subsidies,
00:54 there is something wrong somewhere.
00:56 Our approach is to improve it.
01:00 This shows the government's efforts to manage new things with their own efforts,
01:13 without relying too much on international consultants, which causes the highest cost.
01:20 So I would like to thank and congratulate this government."
01:24 PADU serves as a national database offering socio-economic information for every household
01:30 in a country.
01:31 It provides regular analytics with a comprehensive data store, updated in near real-time.
01:37 The development of PADU aims to facilitate data-driven policymaking and decision-making
01:43 while enabling targeted policy implementation.
01:46 Thank you.
01:48 [END]