The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced that due to the technical problem of one of the telecommunication service providers, some of the households received today (13 Aug) a text message from DSEC that contains an incorrect Census Hotline number. The Hotline for the 2021 Population Census is 8809 8809. DSEC called for immediate action by the service provider to resolve the problem, and expressed apology to all the affected households.