Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim on power outage at Woodlands Checkpoint
On Oct 9 this year, a power outage at Woodlands Checkpoint caused long queues and delays, with traffic being diverted to Tuas Checkpoint. In Parliament on Thursday (Oct 20), it was revealed that this was caused by the failure of a backup power generator due to a tear in the air duct. The backup generator had been turned on to act as a power source during scheduled maintenance at off-peak hours the night before. Minister of State for Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim said as a precaution, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will consider if the air duct should be replaced periodically in future. In answer to MPs’ questions, he said there was no data breach or loss during the power outage as the Uninterruptible Power Supply system kicked in. However, traveller clearance slowed significantly as it had to be done manually. Associate Professor Faishal said ICA had already planned to further enhance power resiliency at both land checkpoints by building secondary electrical infrastructure. It will also deploy additional generators as backups during future maintenance and share lessons learned from this episode with stakeholders of other critical infrastructure. *Audio issues inherent from source
On Oct 9 this year, a power outage at Woodlands Checkpoint caused long queues and delays, with traffic being diverted to Tuas Checkpoint. In Parliament on Thursday (Oct 20), it was revealed that this was caused by the failure of a backup power generator due to a tear in the air duct. The backup generator had been turned on to act as a power source during scheduled maintenance at off-peak hours the night before. Minister of State for Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim said as a precaution, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will consider if the air duct should be replaced periodically in future. In answer to MPs’ questions, he said there was no data breach or loss during the power outage as the Uninterruptible Power Supply system kicked in. However, traveller clearance slowed significantly as it had to be done manually. Associate Professor Faishal said ICA had already planned to further enhance power resiliency at both land checkpoints by building secondary electrical infrastructure. It will also deploy additional generators as backups during future maintenance and share lessons learned from this episode with stakeholders of other critical infrastructure. *Audio issues inherent from source
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