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Tax and Revenue Management

Malaysian Customs launches RFID

By Johanna Morden | 27 April 2011

The Malaysian government will soon release a radio frequency identification infrastructure for the Royal Malaysian Customs to increase security and efficiency in services nationwide.

The Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) infrastructure will cost the government RM45 million (US$15 million).

RFID is a technology that uses radio frequency signals to track and identify objects, which are personal or individually labeled, that pass through the system.

RFID will fully automate all paperless checkpoints of the Royal Malaysian Customs.

It is designed to improve the productivity of container clearance through less queuing time at Royal Malaysian Customs checkpoints and to enhance security by automatic detection of compromised or exposed containers. It also improves services by boosting human resources.

“This project is expected to generate RM604 million (US$202 million) in gross national income and about 400 jobs,” said Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the project’s unveiling earlier this month.

The project falls under the larger Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) of the Malaysian government.

The project will come with a baseline study on e-counter services and paperless government by the Malaysia Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) and the Government Integrated Telecommunications Network (GITN).

The study will include data collection and an evaluation of e-counter services, electronic transactions and paperless initiatives of the government.

It is aimed at increasing the transparency, suitability, efficiency and effectiveness of public services.

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