Smart ID card replacement commences in HK

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Smart ID card replacement commences in HK

Hong Kong's bulk smart ID card replacement scheme commenced Monday for the first batch of Hong Kong residents who were born in 1968 and 1969.

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Hong Kong's bulk smart ID card replacement scheme commenced Monday for the first batch of Hong Kong residents who were born in 1968 and 1969.

Hong Kong residents are required to replace their existing ID cards with the smart ID cards. They are also offered the choice toembed the Hongkong Post one-year-free e-Cert in their new smart IDcards.

With the e-Cert embedded in smart ID cards, users can confidently and safely engage in many online activities and transactions, including online banking, online stock trading, online auction, online shopping, secure email communication, online access to personal credit report, electronic government andonline betting services.

To make it more convenient to apply for the e-Cert, Hongkong Post has set up special service counters at the Immigration Department's Smart ID Card Centers for applicants to complete the application for the e-Cert. When they collect their new smart ID cards, the e-Cert will have already been embedded in it. Applicants can also register in advance via the Internet on the Hongkong Post website, by post, by fax or in person at post offices.

The Postmaster General Allan Chiang said: "We anticipate a growing list of e-Cert service providers with the build up of a critical mass of holders of e-Cert embedded smart ID cards. To addto the convenience of the e-Cert embedded smart ID card holders, we have assembled a range of e-Cert compatible smart card readers for sale at designated post offices and Smart ID Card Centers so that the card holders can conduct transactions at home or office."

Alice Zhang, an e-Cert applicant, said: "I have been using the e-Cert, and now as the e-Cert is inserted in the smart ID card, this will definitely be a great help to my work and business."

Another e-Cert applicant, Sin Ka Lok, said: "I learned from TV commercials that we can apply for the one-year-free e-Cert when obtaining our smart ID cards. I will try to use the e-Cert on the smart ID card to file my tax returns online."

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