PUTRAJAYA (Jan 7): The second phase of the Malaysian Population and Housing Census 2020 (Census 2020), involving face-to-face interviews, will be conducted from Jan 20 to Feb 6. Census 2020 commissioner Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said it will be implemented in accordance with the Field Operations standard operating procedures (SOP) as issued by the National Security Council (NSC). He said the Census 2020 Phase 2 implementation would also take into account the areas affected following the floods, and adjustments would be made according to the situation, to ensure that everyone is counted. “The second phase pre-implementation stage, involving review activities on the field, listing of houses in selected areas and logistics preparations have already started,” he said in a statement today.