SINGAPORE: Members of Parliament will discuss the recent spate of unauthorised , attempts to change residential , addresses via an online , service provided by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority ( ICA ) at the next sitting on Tuesday ( Feb 4), as well as last month’s monsoon surge.  ,
Questions were also raised by a global research that was released in December of last year and that revealed a decrease in literacy among Singapore’s older adults, it repair shops that were cloning data, and escaped crocodiles from a Batam farm.
According to the order report released on Monday, MPs asked whether , a evaluation may be conducted on various government networks to check for similar risks.
On January 11, the ICA reported that it had identified about 80 instances of this type.
The attempts were made using an ICA e-service option that allows the use of a surrogate to change the home address.
The e-service was suspended on Jan 11 and , largely restored on Jan 14, with this proxy choice removed.
Members submitted eleven queries on the subject.
MPs Desmond Choo ( PAP-Tampines ) and Dr Tan Wu Meng ( PAP-Jurong ) both asked if a review or checks would be carried out on other government e-services to , identify and address possible cybersecurity gaps.
Dr. Tan inquired about whether safety evaluations of state e-services included the analysis of possible exploitation workflows and procedures.
In light of the attempts to change people’s home addresses without permission, MP Yip Won Heng ( PAP-Yio Chu Kang ) requested information on the security measures being put in place. If facial  verification were to be taken into account, facial  verification would be taken into account.
Leong Mun Wai, a non-constituency MP, inquired if ICA would review all electronic address changes made in the previous six months, while NCMP Hazel Poa ( PSP) inquired if the procedure for changing home addresses is being reviewed.
Mr. Leong even questioned whether stricter regulations would be put in place to limit the misuse of actual NRICs.
The police announced on January 17 that 13 people had been detained so far in connection with the illegal address adjustments.
Four offenders,  , aged between 26 and 38, have since been charged as of Jan 17.  ,
MONSOON SURGE
Inquiries were also filed on next month’s rain wave, which dumped heavy rainfall across Singapore.
The , Jan 10 to 13 monsoon surge was “one of the longer and more intense” in recent years, according to the Meteorological Service Singapore ( MSS).
On January 10, Pulau Tekong recorded the highest regular precipitation of 241.8mm, breaking the previous history, while during that time everyday minimum temperatures typically ranged between 22 and 24 degrees Celsius.
Mr. Choo inquired if more thorough analyses of the suitability of the existing drainage systems to handle such monsoon surges would be conducted.  ,
He even wanted to know if the government’s ongoing efforts to upgrade drainage system are enough.
MP Saktiandi Supaat ( PAP-Bishan-Toa Payoh ) asked about how many areas reported flooding of up to 0.5m, between 0.5m and 1m, and above 1m above ground level.  ,
He even wanted to know how many of these places had reported earlier flooding incidents in the previous five years and how flood risks may be reduced.
Dr. Lim Wee Kiak ( PAP-Sembawang ) looked for details on the measures being taken to improve the resilience of Singapore’s water and other underground infrastructures to extreme weather events.
Experts told CNA last quarter that Singapore may experience more wet days, extreme rainfall rains , as the La Nina , weather design, which brings about wetter and cooler conditions,  , may endure until April.