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Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar has urged heads of departments, agency leaders and ministry secretaries-general to swiftly implement the recommendations of the Malaysia GovTech Flagship Report.

Speaking at the report's launch on Wednesday (July 22), he said digital transformation should be measured by its ability to reduce the time people spend dealing with government and make it easier for businesses to invest and grow.

He added that successful digital transformation depends on strong leadership, people and culture, with success measured by improvements in people's lives rather than the number of digital initiatives approved.

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00:061, 2, 3, we leave!
00:30People's expectations have never been higher.
00:33Citizens expect services that are fast, seamless, and accessible anytime, anywhere.
00:41Businesses expect government processes that are efficient, transparent, and predictable.
00:49Malaysia now has approximately 1.53 million public servants,
00:54making the public service one of the country's largest institutions.
01:00Every improvement we make in the way government works
01:04has the potential to positively impact millions of Malaysians every single day.
01:12As a public servant, our responsibility is not simply to keep pace with change.
01:19Our responsibility is to lead the change.
01:23Malaysia has already laid a strong foundation through initiatives like My Digital ID,
01:31the wider adoption of MyGov route, and the expansion of paperless public services.
01:39Not paperless. Paperless.
01:43However, the next phase of our journey is no longer about digitizing isolated services.
01:51The next phase is about creating greater public value through a structured whole of government ecosystem.
02:00To formally act on this transition, the government has institutionalized
02:06Golf Tech Malaysia, established under the Ministry of Digital.
02:11The dedicated unit is tasked with engineering the government integrated digital services gateway
02:17implemented via the MyGov platform.
02:22This single, highly secure mobile gateway ensures a seamless uniform user interface and experience for the people,
02:34effectively breaking down administrative silos and optimizing public resources.
02:42Talking about digital transformation, we must be able to answer these questions.
02:48Have we reduced the time citizens spend dealing with government?
02:54Have we made it easier for businesses to invest and grow?
02:59These are the outcomes that truly matter.
03:03Ladies and gentlemen, one aspect of this report that I particularly welcome
03:10is the Malaysia Golf Tech Skills Survey,
03:14jointly undertaken by the Public Service Department and the World Bank.
03:18As the first nationwide survey of this kind, involving more than 60,500 senior servants
03:25across 28 federal ministries.
03:29It provides us with unprecedented insight into the digital capabilities and experiences of our public servants.
03:40More importantly, it gives us the evidence we need to better understand where we are today,
03:48where we need to improve and how we should continue investing in our people through digital skills,
03:57leadership development and organizational transformation.
04:03The findings are highly encouraging.
04:06Our officers recognize the importance of digital transformation and are willing to embrace innovation.
04:15At the same time, the survey reminds us of a fundamental truth.
04:21Technology does not transform organization. People do.
04:28Technology simply enables people to perform better.
04:32Successful digital transformation depends heavily on leadership, people and culture.
04:39The leadership is not measured by the number of digital initiatives we approve.
04:46Leadership is measured by whether those initiatives improve the life of the people.
04:54These responsibilities do not fall on the Ministry of Digital alone.
04:59It is the responsibility of every ministry, every department and every public servant.
05:09Ladies and gentlemen, the challenge before us now is execution.
05:15Reform must be visible, measurable and impactful.
05:19I urge every secretary general, head of department and agency leaders present today to make full use of the insight
05:30of this report,
05:32discuss it with our leadership team, translate the recommendation into immediate action.
05:40And what's more important is that meaningful transformation begins with just one decision to improve.
05:49One process simplifies, one unnecessary requirement removed, one service makes it easier for the people.
05:59So, years from now, history will not judge us by the number of systems we develop.
06:07History will judge us by whether Malaysian become better because of the decision we make today.
06:16That is the true purpose of GovTech.
06:19Not technology for technology's sake, but technology that enhance productivity and serve the rakyat.
06:28The GovTech-Belelia report.
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