Several websites belonging to ministries and government agencies
here were offline for some time earlier on Saturday. But the
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said it was due
to a "planned maintenance" that took longer than expected due to
technical difficulties.
The IDA posted a message about the maintenace on its Facebook page
just after 4pm and followed up with a statement to the media saying
that such "maintenance are usually undertaken during the weekends
and public holidays due to low expected website traffic. The
maintenance took longer than expected, due to technical
difficulties".
"Maintenance of the websites is progressively being completed. We
apologise for the inconvenience caused," said the IDA.
Wesbites of the ministries of Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Trade
and Industry, Finance and Transport; agencies such as the Singapore
Police Force and the IDA were still down as of 5.20pm but a few
returned online progressively. Other sites belonging to the Central
Provident Fund, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, the Ministry
of Education and Ministry of Defence, however, remain
accessible.
ST
