Out of the box Queuing for popular items
People can queue for many hours, sometimes days, for popular products, for example:

a) new product releases
b) admission to primary schools
c) booking of hot properties

Sometimes, the long hours of queuing could lead to disputes among the people in the queue. Sometimes, proxies are used to stand in the queue in payment for a fee by the intended buyer. 

Surely, there is a better way to handle the allocation of priority? 

Here is my suggestion. 

a) Create a website to allow the interested parties to register
b) Authenticate the person and ensure that each eligible person submit only one entry (this is where the NRIC should be used).
c) On the closing date, run a system to allot a queue number to each participant in a fair manner. 
d) The priority will be based on the queue number that has been generated.
e) Have a system of auditing that the allocation of the queue number has been done fairly.

Do you agree with this approach? 

Tan Kin Lian
 

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