BY MUGUNTAN VANAR
KOTA KINABALU: It will be a hassle-free entry for Malaysians from the peninsula and Sarawak flying into Sabah via the Kota Kinabalu International Airport from June 1.
The MyKad reading system has been put in place at the airport.
Dry runs were carried out earlier this week and the system will be fully operational from June 1, Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman told reporters after chairing the state Cabinet meeting yesterday.
Sabah’s implementation of the system comes a month after Sarawak launched a three-month trial run on May 1.
Prior to the implementation of the new system, Malaysians from the two places had to produce their passports or fill up an immigration entry visit form to enter Sabah.
Now they just have to hand over their MyKad to the immigration officers who will slot it into a card-reading machine, and a piece of paper detailing arrival dates and personal particulars will be automatically issued.
“It will take about 25 to 30 seconds for an individual to clear,” Musa said.
He said these card readers would be placed at the immigration checkpoints in Sandakan, Tawau and Sindumin in the next three months.
For people bringing in children below the age of 12, the children's details will be put under their parents’ or guardians’ MyKad.
Musa said the state’s powers over immigration remained and the new system was to facilitate travel among the states for Malaysians.
On another issue, Musa said the Cabinet had approved the gazetting of 2,500ha of the upper reaches of the Segama River in the east coast of Sabah as a forest reserve.
He said the move was aimed at preserving the rich forest reserve close to the wildlife sanctuary of Tabin in the east-coast Lahad Datu area.
“The area has the potential to be developed into an eco-tourism area,” he added.
Courtesy of The Star
KOTA KINABALU: It will be a hassle-free entry for Malaysians from the peninsula and Sarawak flying into Sabah via the Kota Kinabalu International Airport from June 1.
The MyKad reading system has been put in place at the airport.
Dry runs were carried out earlier this week and the system will be fully operational from June 1, Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman told reporters after chairing the state Cabinet meeting yesterday.
Sabah’s implementation of the system comes a month after Sarawak launched a three-month trial run on May 1.
Prior to the implementation of the new system, Malaysians from the two places had to produce their passports or fill up an immigration entry visit form to enter Sabah.
Now they just have to hand over their MyKad to the immigration officers who will slot it into a card-reading machine, and a piece of paper detailing arrival dates and personal particulars will be automatically issued.
“It will take about 25 to 30 seconds for an individual to clear,” Musa said.
He said these card readers would be placed at the immigration checkpoints in Sandakan, Tawau and Sindumin in the next three months.
For people bringing in children below the age of 12, the children's details will be put under their parents’ or guardians’ MyKad.
Musa said the state’s powers over immigration remained and the new system was to facilitate travel among the states for Malaysians.
On another issue, Musa said the Cabinet had approved the gazetting of 2,500ha of the upper reaches of the Segama River in the east coast of Sabah as a forest reserve.
He said the move was aimed at preserving the rich forest reserve close to the wildlife sanctuary of Tabin in the east-coast Lahad Datu area.
“The area has the potential to be developed into an eco-tourism area,” he added.
Courtesy of The Star
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