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]
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