BIOMETRIC SYSTEM FOR FOREIGNERS TO BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT MONTH

SEPANG (Selangor, Malaysia), May 7 (Bernama)-- The Immigration Department
will start using the biometric system on foreigners entering the country next
month, its director-general, Alias Ahmad said.

However, he said, Persons with Disabilities (OKU) and children below 12
years of age would be exempted from the system.

For a start, the system would be installed at 61 of the 96 entry points into
the country and the rest by end of the year, he told reporters here Friday.

In another development, he said the department would introduce a system for
Malaysians to renew their passports through its website.

It was now being carried out in Klang Valley and would be expanded to other
areas next month, he added.

Earlier Alias attended the presentation of the World Airport Skytrax Award
2011 ceremony, where the KLIA branch Immigration Department won first prize for
the World's Best Airport Immigration Service category.