PUTRAJAYA: The Central Database Hub (PADU), to be launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Jan 2, will not be integrated with bank information systems, Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli stated.
At a press convention on PADU right here right now, he stated the nation’s banking system is ruled by the Financial Services Act 2013, which does not allow information sharing.
“If it entails banks, (then) there may be none (integration) as banks have the Financial Services Act which does not permit any such sharing,” he stated when requested to answer public issues on whether or not banking information might be integrated with the PADU system.
PADU is a complete database containing integrated microdata from numerous sources of presidency companies and is scheduled to be launched on Jan 2.
PADU was developed solely by civil servants from three fundamental companies, particularly the Ministry of Economy, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM), and the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), and in addition concerned collaboration with numerous different companies.
Rafizi talked about a number of examples of the information integration, equivalent to private information from the National Registration Department, information from the Education Ministry and the Ministry of Higher Education, whereas tackle information might be obtained from utility corporations equivalent to Tenaga Nasional Berhad and water provide operators.
In addition, he stated PADU additionally collaborates with the non-public sector to encourage the general public to register and replace their information within the system, together with Touch ‘n Go (TnG), which can supply free Near Field Communication (NFC) playing cards to the primary 3,000 registrants.
Besides TnG, he stated PADU additionally collaborates with Mydin hypermarket by providing buy reductions to the general public who’ve registered with the system, including that additional particulars, nonetheless, might be introduced by Mydin later.
As such, Rafizi inspired extra corporations or retailers to take part within the ministry’s initiative to spice up public registration of the PADU system.
“We encourage as many retailers and companies as attainable to take part… for them to create their very own gives to journey on the main focus and pleasure on PADU for the subsequent few months with out utilizing authorities cash.
“We predict there might be quite a lot of pleasure and in addition registration for PADU. (Open to) any third social gathering who needs to make use of this to get extra crowd to your retailer or use or digital service by all means,” he stated. –eNM
