The China Post
Date: October 20, 2017
By Liu Lee-jung and Isabel Wang

TAIPEI (CNA) – Taiwan’s Interior Minister Yeh Jiunn-rong (葉俊榮) announced

Interior Minister Yeh Jiunn-rong answers questions with the members of the Internal Administration Committee of the Legislative Yuan on Oct. 19, 2017. The minister said that the government wants to electronic identity cards (eID) within a year. (NOWnews)

Thursday at the Internal Administration Committee of the Legislative Yuan that electronic identity cards (eID) will be issued within a year.

Yeh told legislators that his ministry, in an attempt to communicate fully with the public on this issue, has conducted seminars and phone interviews with people in Taiwan regarding replacing the current ID cards with electronic ones.

The government understands that eID cards is a global trend nowadays and it has been mulling the issue of switching to electronic cards that contain a chip to store all kinds of personal information, he said.    [FULL  STORY]