All regencies expected to introduce one-stop service late 2008

The Jakarta Post

JAKARTA (Antara): Administrative Reform Minister Taufiq Effendi said Wednesday he wanted all regency administrations in the country to apply a one-stop service system for the public by the end of 2008.

"Previously, only nine regencies applied a one-stop service system and now there are 293 regencies applying it. I hope all regencies will follow suit by the end of 2008. In Central Java, all regencies are already applying it," he said.

The one-stop service system assists the public with applications for identity cards, building construction permits and business permits, he said.

The minister asked regency administrations that had not yet implemented the system to conduct a comparative study in regencies where a one-stop service already existed.

"I ask you to visit regencies that have successfully implemented it," he told 72 participants of a national executive development training program.