A redesigned national identification card has been endorsed by Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) and is to be presented at a meeting of the Executive Yuan today for official approval, a source said yesterday.
The new version is to feature the Republic of China flag and was designed to better protect personal information, the source said, adding that it has an embedded chip to make it more difficult to forge.
Whether to include the flag was a subject of debate between Minister of the Interior Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Huang Chao-shun (黃昭順) in March during a discussion of the redesign.
Screengrab from the Ministry of the Interior Web site
The cost of replacing existing national ID cards was estimated at NT$400 million (US$12.8 million), the source said, adding that the chip would enable the new card to provide more functionality.
Visually, the new card is to display significantly less personal information, showing only the cardholder’s name, birth date, marital status and card number, the source said.
“Republic of China (Taiwan) Identity Card” is to be prominently displayed at the top of the front face, along with the Chinese characters for “Republic of China national identification card,” they said.
The left side of the front face is to feature the cardholder’s name and birth date in Chinese and English, as well as their ID card number, with their picture on the right side above a reflective outline of Taiwan, the source said.
The back of the card would display marital status, as well as the issuance and expiration dates, they said.
The source said that the card is to provide eight new benefits: easy identification of real and forged cards through a key system that could also be interfaced over the Internet; the ability to link to other information over the Internet, such as health insurance and driver’s license records; the capacity to register for services electronically at a kiosk or online to reduce paper consumption and improve efficiency; better protection of personal information through encrypted electronic storage; quick access to personal records protected by a password; access to smart government services for better interaction; an anti-forgery system that includes hardware and software components; and reduced cost and risk for entrepreneurs.
GENDER ROW: The IOC has stripped the boxing association, which disqualified Lin Yu-ting at the 2023 World Championships, of its status as the sport’s global governing body The Sports Administration yesterday protested the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) stance on a gender row involving a Taiwanese fighter at the Paris Games, saying the nation’s Olympic committee was considering filing a lawsuit. A storm erupted over the participation of Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) and Algeria’s Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics when Khelif’s Italian opponent pulled out of their bout less than a minute into the fight after taking a barrage of punches. On Sunday, Lin beat Svetlana Staneva of Bulgaria via a unanimous decision in a featherweight quarter-final fight. The IBA on Monday said that Lin and Khelif had been disqualified from
TALLY: Sharpshooter Lee Meng-yuan won Taiwan’s first medal in Paris, taking home a bronze, while boxer Chen Nien-chin has secured at least a bronze medal Taiwanese badminton duo Lee Yang (李洋) and Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟) yesterday won the gold medal in the men's doubles final at the Paris Olympics, defeating China's Liang Weikeng (梁偉鏗) and Wang Chan (王昶). The victory made them the first Taiwanese shuttlers to win more than one Olympic medal with back-to-back gold. They were crowned champions in the event at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. Earlier in the day, Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) secured her first Olympic medal in front of a crowd chanting her name, a day after fellow boxer Imane Khelif did the same, following days of online abuse
Cheaper hotel rates and delicious street food made Taipei the most affordable city in Asia to visit in the second half of this year, a travel trend analysis conducted by Leisure and Travel magazine and the Web site Kayak.com showed. Taipei and nine other Asian cities were selected as affordable travel destinations based on “average round-trip economy airfare” and “the average rate of a one-night stay in a standard double hotel room,” they said. The results of their analysis, published on Wednesday last week, showed that the average cost of a round-trip flight and one night at a hotel in Taipei was
BOWING OUT: Wang Chi-lin became the nation’s oldest Olympic gold medalist at 29, while Lee Yang said he has not changed his plan to retire at the end of this season Taiwanese badminton duo Lee Yang (李洋) and Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟), who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, on Sunday expressed their gratitude to fans for their support after they defended their title in Paris. “The cheers of fans were huge [to me]; that’s pretty much what kept me going,” Wang told a news conference after the final. The reigning champions secured back-to-back golds by upsetting world No. 1 duo Liang Weikeng (梁偉鏗) and Wang Chang (王昶) of China in a 76-minute marathon, which ended 21-17, 18-21, 21-19. Lee shared a similar sentiment and said he was particularly touched when the audience