ID card processing free of charge

ID card processing free of charge

TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang mayoralty administration has
decided to abolish all costs in the processing of identification
cards in a bid to help people through the monetary crisis, an
official said yesterday.

Tangerang Mayor Djakaria Machmud said the decision was taken
in a meeting of mayoralty officials and district and subdistrict
heads.

"Besides being intended to help the community during the
crisis, this decision also constitutes part of the mayoralty's
efforts to welcome the reform spirit," he said.

Djakaria explained that his mayoralty would subsidize the
free-of-charge service with Rp 150 million (US$14,300).

He said that to speed up identity card processing the computer
system which is currently only used at the central mayoralty
office would be installed at all district offices.

Regulations specify that the charge for processing each
identification card is Rp 7,500. In practice, however, the cost
often jumps to between Rp 30,000 and Rp 40,000. (41)