Sinar Project to keep people well informed

PETALING JAYA: Before information can be turned into knowledge, the data must first be accessible and understandable. Therein lies the mission of Sinar Project, a non-profit, non-partisan project begun in mid-2011 by three volunteers who were inspired by the Open Government Initiative in the United States.

The initiative seeks to establish a system of transparency, public participation and collaboration, based on the idea that an informed citizen is the basis of any democratic society.