Govt's open data portals lauded as first step towards right to information law

The Statistics Department (DOSM) on Monday launched an open data portal Kawasanku to display population statistics and demographic and socio-economic indicators in an accessible format for public understanding.

This is the second recent initiative of its kind, the first being the Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal launched last September to present Covid-related figures and breakdown.

Sinar Project’s coordinator Khairil Yusof is a firm believer that CovidNow was...