SINGAPORE residents will each get a personal online mailbox in two years' time to receive their mail from the Government and public agencies.
Mail such as tax statements, reminders to renew TV licences and bills for service and conservancy charges will be sent to this Internet mailbox.
To be called OneInbox, it represents a new government approach in harnessing technology for the next phase of its masterplan to deliver services electronically.
People can log into the mailbox using their SingPass ID as well as register online to get e-mail and SMS alerts for new mail.
Another new feature in the masterplan for 2011 to 2015 is to give residents an online 'safe deposit box' for them to store important personal documents such as their birth certificate and statements of Central Provident Fund savings.
So, if there is a fire, people no longer need to risk their lives running into their homes to save their important documents, the government's chief information officer James Kang said yesterday
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