Registration of Malaysia’s Central Database Hub (PADU) has closed after the 31 March deadline. While not everyone has signed up as required, the Department of Statistics (DOSM) still managed to hit their 50% registration rate.
This is not to say that those that have not updated their information in PADU will be left out from the database. The DOSM announced it will still use basic information drawn from various government agencies to fill out the details for the missing individuals.
PADU is intended to provide up-to-date and dynamic information for the DOSM to analyse and process census data, in addition to giving the government an avenue for deploying targeted subsidies to those that need it the most.
The DOSM also said that PADU, which went online on 2 January 2024, has functioned smoothly without down time.
