Jakartans to get barcoded IDs

Jakartans to get barcoded IDs

JAKARTA: Computer-readable ID cards with barcodes will be
available to all Jakartans next year after a successful pilot
project that began in April, head of the City Population and
Civil Registration Agency, Sylviana Murni, said on Friday.

"The new ID cards are aimed at increasing service and
monitoring residents and also to avoid fake ones," she said as
quoted by the city administration official website
Beritajakarta.com.

The pilot project was conducted in five subdistricts: Pondok
Kelapa in East Jakarta, Pegangsaan Dua in North Jakarta, Karang
Anyar in Central Jakarta, Keagungan in West Jakarta and Pejaten
Barat in South Jakarta.

A month later, 38 more subdistricts were included in the pilot
project.

The new blue plastic ID cards will replace the current yellow
paper ID card. -- JP