With 10% enrolment, public scepticism a major hurdle for Padu

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A policy researcher and an ex-MP say there are not enough incentives on offer to encourage registration on the new national database.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/02/19/with-10-enrolment-public-scepticism-a-major-hurdle-for-padu/   Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/02/19/rakyat-masih-skeptikal-daftar-padu/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Padu #LimCheeHan #OngKianMing

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00:00 An expert says public scepticism has been the government's biggest hurdle to overcome

00:07 after only 10% of Malaysians have registered with the Central Database Hub since its launch

00:12 on January 2. Lim Chee Han, a policy researcher for the

00:16 non-profit Third World Network, said the low number of registrants was not due to a lack

00:21 of information on Padu, but the challenge of persuading people to sign up.

00:26 Resident people are still sceptical about the initiative, with some questioning the

00:30 necessity of re-entering their data when they have already been recorded by various government

00:35 agencies and ministries. Lim also said there are no incentives for

00:40 people who know they are not eligible to receive targeted subsidies, particularly those in

00:45 the T20 and M40 income groups. Meanwhile, former Deputy International Trade

00:51 and Industry Minister Ong Kian Ming said Putrajaya should not use Padu to deliver targeted

00:56 subsidies if the number of registrants stays below 5 million by March 31.

01:02 He said the government should continue using existing databanks, including the Bantuan

01:06 to Nairama database maintained by the Finance Ministry.

01:10 According to the Statistics Department, only 3.08 million of the 30.08 million Malaysians

01:16 have signed up and verified their details on Padu as of February 13.

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