>I WOULD like to suggest that the thumbprint scanner at the airport and ferry terminals be removed.
Once, the scanner failed to detect my thumbprint, although I was allowed to pass through the first barrier after my passport was scanned.
As a result, I held up other travellers behind me. After getting the attention of an immigration officer, I was allowed to walk through with no further verification.
This, in my opinion, is one flaw of the thumbprint-scanning system. A person could use someone else's passport
and even if he could not pass the thumbprint scanner, he could still clear immigration.
My husband also had problems while using the scanner and he has now stopped using it.
For security purposes, the immigration department should make sure that passports are checked again when the scanner fails to read the thumbprints.
