Abdul Rahman Hasan Deputy Chief Statistician (Economy) Department of Statistics Malaysia 19 February 2010, United Nations, New York

Outline of the Presentation DOSM at a glance Current practices in data dissemination Emerging trends in data dissemination  NEWSS  Interactive database  Free download  Micro data release  Mobile technology Moving forward 2

Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) At a Glance Established in 1949 under Statistics Ordinance and was known as Bureau of Statistics Statistics Act 1965 (Revised 1989) The principal legislation determining the functions and responsibilities of the DOSM Currently undertaking the revision of the Act Functions Main agency to collect, interpret, and disseminate official statistics for the purpose of policy making and national planning 3

Mission Mission Producer of National Statistics of integrity and reliability for national planning and development through: Continuous research and statistical analysis Use of the best technology Competent and innovative human capital Adoption of best practices and methodologies 4

Malaysia’s Statistical System A centralised system and at the same time allows other government agencies to collect statistics to fulfill their own needs 5

Data Communication Data Communication Consultation with users 6 Mechanism: Advisory council, Main user group, Technical working group, conferences, visit, dialogue, analysing the feedbacks Understand the statistical needs and demands Ensuring the relevance of DOSM output Dissemination, method of access and services Input to the directions and priorities of the work program and budget planning

Data Dissemination Data Dissemination Current Practices Data Dissemination Publications Website Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA) Press Conferences / Releases Customised Data Request 7

Publications 8

Website 9

SDDS – DOSM Data Releases 10

Customised Data Request Will be made available within a period of 1 to 2 working days Published data Data extracted from existing computer generated tabulation will be made available within a period of 3 to 5 working days. Data which require additional computation, compilation and processing will be made available within a period of 2 to 10 working days Unpublished data 11

Customers Satisfaction Survey 12

Emerging Trends in Data Communication and Dissemination 13

National Enterprise-Wide Statistical Systems (NEWSS) 14

15 NEWSS Environment

Interactive Database Through DOSM website Accessible to authorised users Benefit: Data mining Available database: ▫ National SME Database ▫ Agriculture Database System ▫ External Trade Database 16

Free Download Facility Migrating from paper-based publishing method to electronic publishing method Selected publications Cost saving 17

Free Download Facility (cont.) 18

Dissemination of Micro data Demand for household as well as establishments data at micro level from the Government and research community Risk: Confidentiality of the individual data Micro data Policy is under development 19

Dissemination of Micro data (cont.) Micro data provided to the public i.2 per cent sample of the 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2000 Population and Housing Censuses data ii.30 per cent sample of the Household Expenditure Survey data iii.Merchandise Trade data 20

ICT Development in Malaysia Government’s Initiatives Source : Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit 21

Electronic Government in Klang Valley (eKL) Government’s initiatives to accelerate the achievement of excellence in service delivery within Klang Valley For more efficient, fast, quality, safe and people friendly services that will have an impact on the public myBayar, myGovInfo, myForms, mySMS15888 Source : Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit 22

eKL Delivery Channel MySMS Adopt the concept of single SMS number to access services offered by government agencies DOSM supports : Provide an effective and hassle free way for mobile community to obtain the latest statistical info 23

MySMS Services Provided by DOSM Population GDP CPI External Trade IIP Labour Force MMS STATSDATA Other features: - Office Addresses - Feedbacks/Complaints 24

Moving Forward 25 Enhancement of Central Repository System

Moving Forward (cont.) Continuous efforts to widen the usage and understanding of statistics among the public Extend the accessibility of the Interactive database to the public Further enhancements and improvements of the features and content of DOSM Portal 26

Moving Forward (cont.) MoU on data sharing activity → Central Bank of Malaysia → Companies Commission of Malaysia → Employees Provident Fund → Tourism Malaysia → Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Administrative arrangement for data tapping → Ministries (MOT, MOH, MOE, MOHE) → Royal Malaysian Custom 27

28 Abdul Rahman Hasan Deputy Chief Statistician (Economy) Department of Statistics Malaysia