The service will enable insurance companies to register relevant information directly with the RTD and thus there is no need to bring the insurance cover note when renewing road tax. Its Director-General, Datuk Emran Kadir, said the process will be fast, taking between 10 to 30 minutes.
Emran said with the facility, applicants can submit their particulars without having to be present at the RTD counters.
"Problems like long queues at RTD counters and missing insurance cover notes can be eliminated once the system is activated. The system would also prevent vehicles without a valid insurance from being registered," said Emran yesterday at the launching of the e-Services promotion at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
The two-day promotion, which ends today, was organised by Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC).
People renewing their road tax will need to key in their details and transmit them to RTD�s computer database for processing.
With this, no cover note will be issued and the entire process will only take between 10 and 30 minutes.
The e-Insurance will be part of e-Services, which is one of the seven flagship applications under the e-Government programme.
Other services provided by e-Services include RTD and Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) summons inquiry and payment services, electronic scheduling and theory test-taking, Tenaga National Bhd and Telekom Malaysia Bhd utility bill inquiry and payment services.
The others are generic office environment (GOE), project monitoring system (PMS), Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS), e-Procurement, electronic labour exchange (EXL) and e-Syariah.
Emran said e-Services has simplified life for many Malaysians, as there is no more queuing to pay traffic summonses, telephone and electricity bills or for a mere enquiry.
All these can be done over the Internet or at convenient kiosks that provide instant bill-paying services at the touch of a button.
With this application, theory tests for driving licences can also be conducted by clicking the right answer on the monitor.
"From May 2002 up to last month, more than a million theory tests had been conducted in examination centres," said Emran.
He said besides the existing 85 examination centres nationwide, there are also 40 kiosks providing e-Services at several locations in the Klang Valley.
According to statistics, Emran said that since February last year, more than 160,000 probational licences had been issued at the kiosks.
"In future, we plan to provide services from other agencies like City Hall and the Statistics Department," he said.
Autor: Sushma Veera
Quelle: Malay Mail, 18.08.2004
