Residents of Puchong now need not travel all the way to Putrajaya to apply or renew their passports.
The National Registration Department has opened an Immigration counter with six officers to attend to the passport needs of residents in Puchong, a growing township with a population of over 300,000 people.
Seven months ago the government annnonced a pilot project under which counters will be opened at National Registration Departments in Puchong, Gombak and Kepong to better serve the people.
The counter was opened at the NRD in Puchong Utama on Feb 16.
Datuk Loo Yeng Peng, the special officer to Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, visited the NRD and on behalf of the ministry handed out citizenship papers to successfull applicants.
Among the six red identity card holders who received their citizenship were Lim Kim Jiok, 69, Koh Ngai Long, 69 and Tan Kong Beng, 55.
“I am sure the people of Puchong will be happy now that they can do all their passport matters nearer home,” he told the Star shortly after handing over the citizenship papers.
He credited himself with mooting the idea to have a multi-purpose counter at NRDs under the govenment’s new administration’s People First, Performance Now concept.
“This is no just talk. Whatever the government has promised it is being realised and I am happy to be part of the new initiative,” said Loo, who is BN representative for Puchong and the municipality’s Gerakan Division chairman.
Loo also said that the Home Ministry through the NRD has set a one year maximum period for processing citizenship applications.
“A time limit for applications involving citizenship, entry permits or late registration of births, did not exist in the past but now the government has set a one year period as a guideline,” he said.
Over the past two years, the Home Ministry had processed 219,485 applications comprising 62,604 applications for citizenship, entry permit appeal (18,162) and late registration of births (138,719).
Source: The Star
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