Gobind said he had discussed the matter with the premier, Abang Johari Openg, and expects a positive outcome soon, The Borneo Post reported.

“However, the premier must first examine the proposal thoroughly,” Gobind said after a visit to Sarawak Information Systems Sdn Bhd.

Gobind said he would also speak with other menteris besar and chief ministers to push for similar efforts in their states.

He said data sharing between federal and state governments was critical to Putrajaya’s goal of integrating all government services under a planned initiative called Malaysia Digital.

“In the past few weeks, I have visited Penang, Selangor and this time Sarawak to see for myself the readiness of the states to implement digital transformation.

“We see that many states have successfully digitised their respective services. Therefore, we now want to establish cooperation so that there is no need to repeat the same process at the central level,” Bernama quoted him as saying.