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PUTRAJAYA: The public has been urged not to rush to National Registration Department (NRD) branches to change their MyKads to prevent congestion.

NRD director-general Datuk Jariah Mohd Said said changing to the new MyKad was not compulsory and there was no time limit set.

“The Putrajaya and Shah Alam NRD branches received 2,984 and 1,579 applications respectively to change to the new MKad from Tuesday until Thursday. Congestion at the counters can affect efforts to process applications to within a day,” she said in a statement. Read More . . .

KUALA LUMPUR: The new hi-tech MyKad with better features is expected to be issued from January, the National Registration Department said. NRD public relations officer Jainisah Mohd Noor said those with faulty or old MyKad could replace them from next month. She said a RM10 service charge would be imposed for each new card. She said the new MyKad, made of durable polycarbonate, would include a new smart chip equipped with the fingerprint of the card owner. Read More …

This is good news for software application developers. Now the reliability of the MyKad will be better. The card can be utilised more fully for registration purposes.

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THE National Registration Department (NRD) appreciates the views expressed in “Poser over MyKad photocopy” (The Star, June 28).

For readers’ information, it is compulsory for a person to carry his/her MyKad at all times under Regulation 6 of The National Registration Act 1959 (Act 78) and Regulations.

A MyKad copy cannot be regarded as a substitute for the original MyKad.

Regulation 6 states that the person to whom an identity card has been issued shall, thereafter and for so long as he remains a registered or re-registered person under these Regulations, at all times carry on his person the identity card and, subject to the provisions of these Regulations, be responsible for the custody thereof.

Any person who fails to comply with Regulation 6, if found guilty of the offence, shall be liable on conviction to a jail term not exceeding three years or to a minimum fine of RM3,000 and a maximum fine of RM20,000 or both as per Regulation 25 (i)(n) of the same Act.

JAINISAH MOHD NOOR,
Public Relations Officer,
National Registration Department.

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KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Pharmaceutical Society (SPS) urges the public to bring their MyKad or equivalent identification documents (passport, army and police card) when purchasing controlled medicines in pharmacies throughout Sabah.

Pharmacists now are required by law to record additional details obtained from MyKad for purchase of special category of controlled medicines on top of the usual name and address.

SPS president Samsudin B Ahmad said in a statement that effective Jan 1, pseudoephedrine-containing medicines falls under this category. Most medications for the treatment of cold and flu symptoms contain pseudoephedrine.

Prior to that, codeine and dextromethorphan also require patients to produce their MyKad.

“Normally, only details such as name and address of patients are required to be recorded into the prescription book. However, some categories of medicines need the MyKad number. Across the board, it’s just easier to produce MyKad for all the required details,” he said.

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PETALING JAYA: The MyKad will be more durable and of better quality after a scheduled upgrade in July, said the Home Ministry.“We are taking the matter very seriously and will ensure that the chip’s quality is improved,” Deputy Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop said in an interview. – Read More

Is you MyKad chip readable?  "Of the 2,158,621 applications for MyKad replacements received last year, 1,018,698 were due to faulty chip." The MyKad is used in situations that require identification and authentication of the card holder’s personal details such as the fingerprints. Read More . . .

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