Public to be given self-service e-access to registration details
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From early next year, members of the public will be able to access their own registration information on a self-service basis via kiosks at their local district offices.
The Local Administration Department will launch the multi-purpose machines (MPMs) during the course of the year, enabling people to use their smart ID cards to access this information and related services.
They will be able to use the MPM kiosks to check information on matters such as marriage status and voting rights, ask the machine to print out copies of the desired information, and also update their household-book information – just like the automatic updating of a bank passbook.
The machines will be linked with the database of the department and other related state agencies.
The department has conducted an MPM trial in Nakhon Nayok and will initially install 190 of the machines early next year at district offices in Bangkok, before expanding the system nationwide.
It is showcasing the system at this week’s “ITU Telecom World 2013” event in Bangkok.
Vichain Chidchanognarth, director of the agency’s Registration Administration Bureau, said there had been
good feedback from the trial, during which there had been more than 10,000 transactions per machine.
“The bureau plans to implement 190 MPM machines at the district offices in Bangkok, where there are regularly more than 100 transactions of registration administration per day,” he said.
To user the MPM service, people can use their smart ID card plus a four-digit PIN code they have to set by themselves to access their personal information. They can also use their 13-digit ID number and a thumbprint to identify themselves easily and conveniently.
The department is also showcasing another upcoming new e-service at this week’s event: electronic vehicle-registration certificate cards to replace vehicle registration books.
Surapol Dumkor, founder and CEO of Innovation Automation, said the department would debut the new service it had developed for the agency in April as an option for drivers.
The smart cards are embedded with near field communication (NFC) and QR code technology to store registration information as well as a photograph of the vehicle electronically.
The system will be implemented at five of the department’s district branches in Bangkok: Chatuchak, Taling Chan, Nong Chok, Bang Khun Thian and Phra Khanong. It will roll out the system nationwide within the next 12 months.
At the ITU Telecom World event, the ICT minister of Bhutan, DN Dhungyel, yesterday visited Thailand’s e-government pavilion.
He said his government had a policy to have all Bhutanese connected and benefiting from technology.
“We also have rolled out e-government services to our citizens, similar to Thailand’s e-government. But we not yet providing all government services in electronic format,” he added.
