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ANNEX F

Use of Identity Cards

The identity card is already being used extensively by Government departments to establsih the identity of applicants for services, licences, permits, etc. Some departments accept documents

such as driving licences, passports and birth certificates as substitutes for identity cards. The fields in which the card is being used cover such matters as employment, education, social welfare and housing. Existing usage in areas that are likely to have an important bearing on the daily life of residents, may be summarised as follows (the estimated numbers of persons involved in 1979 are given in brackets): -

(a) use of Labour Department's employment

services (107,000);

(b)

(c)

(a)

(e)

(f)

(g)

wage claims through Labour Tribunal (7,000) or Labour Department (3,600);

workmen's compensation applications (1,000);

applications for public housing (52,000);

admission of students to Government and aided schools and other educational institutions (179,000);

making reports to the Police (333,000);

registration of births (164,000);

(h) registration of marriages (100,000);

(i)

applications for social welfare benefits and services administered by or through Social Welfare Department (47,000);

(j)

applications for vehicle and driving licences (598,000);

(k)

collecting money from Government (533,000);

(1)

applications for travel documents and use of immigration facilities and services (12,874,000);

(m)

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(n)

collection of registered mail and parcels at post offices (4,351,000);

executing land documents at Registrar General's department (300);

(0) Tenancy Tribunal matters (1,400);

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