Abdul Rahman Hasan
Deputy Chief Statistician (Economy)
Department of Statistics Malaysia
abrahmanh@stats.gov.my
19 February 2010, United Nations, New York
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Outline of the Presentation
• DOSM at a glance
• Current practices in data dissemination
• Emerging trends in data dissemination
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NEWSS
Interactive database
Free download
Micro data release
Mobile technology
• Moving forward
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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
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Mission
Producer of National Statistics of integrity
and reliability for national planning and
development through:
Adoption of
best practices
and
methodologies
Continuous
research and
statistical
analysis
Competent
and
innovative
human capital
Use of the
best
technology
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Malaysia’s Statistical System
A centralised system and at the same
time allows other government agencies to
collect statistics to fulfill their own needs
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Data Communication
Consultation with users
Ensuring the
relevance of DOSM
output
Understand the
statistical needs
and demands
Dissemination,
method of access
and services
Mechanism:
Advisory council,
Main user group,
Technical working
group,
conferences,
visit, dialogue,
analysing the
feedbacks
Input to the
directions and
priorities of the
work program and
budget planning
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Data Dissemination
Current Practices
Publications
Customised
Data Request
Website
Data
Dissemination
Press
Conferences
/ Releases
Malaysian
National
News Agency
(BERNAMA)
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Publications
• Main findings from censuses
and surveys
• Detailed tables
• Technical notes
• Dissemination medium
• Hardcopy (printed)
• Softcopy (CD-Rom, excel)
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Website
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SDDS – DOSM Data Releases
Category of Data
Periodicity
Timeliness
IMF
DOSM
IMF
DOSM
Monthly
Monthly
6 weeks
6 weeks
Quarterly
Monthly
12 weeks
6 weeks
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Monthly
Monthly
4 weeks
2 weeks
Producer Price Index
Monthly
Monthly
4 weeks
4 weeks
External Trade
Monthly
Monthly
8 weeks
6 weeks
Index of Industrial Production
Salaries/Wages (Manufacturing)
National Accounts
Quarterly Quarterly
12 weeks
7 weeks
Employment/Unemployment
Quarterly Quarterly
12 weeks
8 weeks
Balance of Payment
Quarterly Quarterly
12 weeks
8 weeks
International Investment
Position
Annually
Annually
36 weeks
24 weeks
Population
Annually
Annually
NA
6 months
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Customised Data Request
Published
data
Unpublished
data
• Will be made available within a period of
1 to 2 working days
• 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
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Customers Satisfaction Survey
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Emerging Trends in Data
Communication and Dissemination
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National Enterprise-Wide Statistical
Systems (NEWSS)
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NEWSS Environment
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Interactive Database
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Through DOSM website
Accessible to authorised users
Benefit: Data mining
Available database:
▫ National SME Database
▫ Agriculture Database System
▫ External Trade Database
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Free Download Facility
• Migrating from paper-based publishing method
to electronic publishing method
• Selected publications
• Cost saving
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Free Download Facility (cont.)
Number of Download
Number of Downloads for
Selected Monthly Publications 2009
August
September
October
5000
4000
3000
Percentage of Yearbook of Statistics
Malaysia 2007 Downloaded Vs. Printed
Copies Purchased
Downloaded
91%
2000
1000
0
CPI
MRS
IIP
METS MSB
Monthly Publications
Hardcopy
9%
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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
Government
Provide micro data
to stakeholders at
full dataset with
no identifications
revealed
Public
Provide sample of
dataset with no
identifications
revealed
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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
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ICT Development in Malaysia
Government’s Initiatives
Source : Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit
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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
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eKL Delivery Channel
MySMS 15888
• 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
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MySMS 15888
Services Provided by DOSM
Population
MMS
GDP
STATS
DATA
Labour
Force
IIP
External
Trade
CPI
Other features:
- Office Addresses
- Feedbacks/Complaints
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Moving Forward
Enhancement of Central Repository System
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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
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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
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Abdul Rahman Hasan
Deputy Chief Statistician (Economy)
Department of Statistics Malaysia
abrahmanh@stats.gov.my
+603 8888 9252
+603 8888 9253
www.statistics.gov.my