New Sarawak ID by 2025
BY NATASHA JEE & ALEXANDRA LORNA KUCHING: Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg wants to transform the Sarawak ID to make it similar to Singapore’s SingPass by 2025. The new Sarawak ID, he said, would be further enhanced to become the single trusted digital identity used by Sarawakians to access a wide array […]
SMA plays vital role in pushing state towards digitalisation
KUCHING: The Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) plays a significant role in developing Sarawak towards digitisation. Its general manager Dr Zaidi Razak said the regulatory body’s role is not only limited to telecommunications, having developed 154 initiatives that support digitisation in Sarawak, but also other inventions including the development of the Sarawak ID application which now […]
Exploring the new frontier of digital governance
Covid-19 delayed the daily activities of Sarawakians, providing a harsh reality about the number of things needed to carry out in person. Digital government apps and services suddenly became very crucial to the continuation of Sarawakians’ daily lives, with services as such Sarawak ID and Sarawak Pay. With Sarawak Pay, it became possible during the […]
SMA takes steps to digitise state
KUCHING: Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) is actively taking steps to digitise the state as a sign of the transition of the government analogue system to digital and one of the systems is Sarawak ID. “Sarawak ID is a ‘digital identity’ initiative by the state government in coordinating access by the people to the services offered […]
