PUTRAJAYA: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin wants a new and effective approach in providing social protection coverage to the people. The Prime Minister emphasised on the need to have a social protection database so that social protection and aid can be handed out effectively. He said the database, when available, would be the sole reference point for social protection programmes and will cover various aspects including employment, social insurance and social assistance. “This is in line with my intention for an effective approach in providing social protection coverage that is more comprehensive, especially for the vulnerable groups, ” he said in a Facebook post after chairing the Malaysian Social Protection Council (MySPC) via video conference on Tuesday (June 8). This includes, among others, a proposal to expand the Social Security Organisation’s protection scheme to groups that are not covered by any other social security networks.
