MACHANG: After years of carrying a damaged identity card that was barely legible, 70-year-old Minah Yacob was relieved to receive her new-generation MyKad.

The Pangkal Payong resident received the card from Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail during the Home Ministry's Kampung Angkat Madani and Sekolah Angkat Madani programmes at Sekolah Kebangsaan Jambu Lawar here today.

Handing Minah the card, Saifuddin said: "Congratulations. Here is your new identity card."

Minah said her old identity card had been damaged for several years and was almost falling apart, making the information on it difficult to read.