Macao SAR Electronic Identity Card (Back)
Following the Government Quality Service Award (Information Technology Award) presented by the Public Service Assessment Committee on 24 September 2015 and the Radiant Service Award presented by the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association at the 11th Asian Government Forum on Electronic Identity in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 1 December 2015, the Identification Services Bureau was awarded the Regional ID Document of the Year at the High Security PrintingTM Conference Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia on 8 December 2015. The High Security PrintingTM Conference Asia is a forum focusing on high security printing in the Asia region. It introduces printing strategy and solution in regard to bank notes, passport and identity card, and also focuses on various challenges and issues faced by different countries in Asia, Middle East and Africa. The award that the Identification Services Bureau received is the Regional ID Document of the Year, which aims at promoting the best in security printing, system infrastructure, and the implementation of a government passport, identity or other security card scheme. The Identification Services Bureau is the first public body in the world which made a switch straight from a contact-based electronic identity card to a contactless electronic identity card. Also, the contactless Macao SAR Electronic Identity Card is one of the first identity cards worldwide which technically supports secure electronic signatures with a purely contactless solution. In combination with a smart phone, card holders can perform mobile identity authentication with their electronic identity card. The Identification Services Bureau thanks the organizer of the High Security PrintingTM Conference Asia for awarding the electronic identity card award. Once again, it represents the recognition of the smart card industry to the technology and applications of the Macao SAR Electronic Identity Card. In the future, the Identification Services Bureau will continue to study the possibility of expanding the application of the Macao SAR Electronic Identity Card, so as to provide more diversified and convenient electronic services to Macao citizens.
