TO be blunt, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's call for a single, cross-agency social protection database (PDPS) is most likely going to end up as another flawed greater e-Kasih in the making, "'Social protection database vital'" (The Star, June 9).
Malaysia already has a national registration system. With some minor tweaks to the Inland Revenue's approach to income tax filings and Bantuan Sara Hidup recipients, we are not too far away from a fully digitised household registry system like the Kartu Keluarga (Indonesia), Tabien Baan (Thailand), Ho Khau (Vietnam) and Hukou (China).
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