SG Talk

Wallace Woon and Amanda Lee
UPDATED 1 HOUR AGO


SINGAPORE - Some websites here are back in service, after experiencing disruptions to their Web services on Wednesday as a result of the Microsoft Azure cloud service’s outage.

A check by The Straits Times on Thursday morning found that EZ-Link and CPF’s websites are accessible.

CPF’s website advised users to use its mobile app if they have difficulties accessing its website’s digital services.

However, NTU and the Esplanade’s websites are still inaccessible as of Thursday morning.

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Microsoft Azure said on its website that a utility power surge in the South-east Asia region at 3.19am on Wednesday had tripped a subset of the cooling units in a data centre and brought them offline.

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Nearly all of Azure’s services in the South-east Asia region were reporting issues

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At 9.36pm, Microsoft Azure said that cooling systems in the impacted areas of the data centre were successfully restored and that temperatures had returned to normal operating thresholds.


https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/m...and-others

Unreliable service. Better to have plan B.

Submit the SG Arrival Card with electronic Health Declaration

Things to note when submitting the SG Arrival Card:

Submit your SG Arrival Card within three (3) days prior to the date of arrival in Singapore. For example, travellers arriving in Singapore on 30 Jun 2020, can only submit their declaration from 28 Jun 2020 onwards. This is to avoid unnecessary delays during immigration clearance.

Submission of health declaration for:

Singapore citizens
Singapore permanent residents
Student's Pass holders
Dependant's Pass holders
Long-Term Visit Pass holders
Work Pass

You will receive an acknowledgement upon successful submission.

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If WWIII comes, everything will be gone in the cloud.

If you go to any government department, they will say to book appointments first.