The National Registration Department said it is in the process of storing 150 million physical records kept since 1869 in digital form for security and preservation, this was relayed by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
He said even though most of the records registering births and deaths contained basic information such as the name of the father and mother, name of the child, address, and employment, it is a treasure of information on Malaysians that should be preserved.
“It is part of the future plans so that these treasures can be stored safely and in accordance with current technology by digitising the department’s records,” he said at a press conference after making a working visit to JPN here today.
Besides appreciating the information, he said electronic record keeping can also be a reference and facilitate searching in the future if needed.
According to him, so far about 30,000 records have been stored digitally and the storage process will continue to be implemented by the department until they are completed.
Under the Digital Economy Blueprint, Malaysia aims to digitise much of its documentation and service including storing much of the data in the cloud.
