Licensing starts high-tech switch from next month

Trinidad Express, Thursday, September 10th 2009

By the middle of next year, operations at the Licensing Department at Port of Spain will be fully computerised, Public Administration Minister Kennedy Swaratsingh said yesterday.

TSpeaking to the Express following the official opening of Fujitsu Trinidad (Caribbean) Ltd's Technology Centre at Barataria, Swaratsingh said by next month, the Nova Scotia, Canada-based company, which was given the contract to revamp the Licensing Department, would bring state-of-the-art equipment for installation.

On Monday, Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira, in her national budget presentation, announced that a number of fees with respect to used vehicle transfers at the Licensing Department would be increased.

Swaratsingh said with the new system, elements of corruption would be stamped out at the Licensing Department.

It will also allow Government to properly monitor and account for revenues received.

Swaratsingh said the Ministry of Works and Transport signed the agreement with the company last month and is expected to finalise the contract by the end of the month.

He said by November or December, training experts and the equipment would be in the country.

He said the complete computerisation of the system and the training of staff were part one of the three phases to be completed.

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