Singapore to include parents' dialects in digital birth certs from Sept 1

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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The dialects of a newborn's parents, which were not reflected in digital birth certificates when they were issued from May 29, will be included from Sept 1 this year.

Parents who were issued these birth certificates between May 29 and Aug 31 can download them again from Sept 1 at no additional cost, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Friday (Aug 12).

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