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Both the new juvenile and adult identity cards would be bilingual.
Although thumbprints would not be included on the new cards, the applicant's
prints would be taken on first registration for record purposes, he said.
In addition, it was intended to introduce a new system of numbering
juvenile identity cards so that the same number allocated on first registration
would be retained upon re-registration for adult cards at the age of 18.
Mr. Mitchell explained that the proposed changes were designed to
make it easier for holders of juvenile identity cards to identity themselves
when applying for jobs and for schooling purposes.
He noted that at present the juvenile identity cards only listed the
holder's surname and the identity card number of the parent or guardian.
The improved juvenile card, he said, would bear the holder's full
personal particulars, including his or her photograph, so that he or she
would be readily indentifiable.
The Commissioner said: "In general it is intended that existing
identity cards should continue to be valid. Subject to juvenile registration
requirements, they would only be exchanged for new ones, at the request
of the holder, if it could be satisfactorily shown that it was necessary
and desirable to do so."
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