根據 亞洲新聞台 Channel News Asia 報道：

Singapore's checkpoints have been enhanced through several key measures such as CCTV cameras and automated technology, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean. PHOTOS

File photo of a general view of the Causeway from Singapore to Johor Bahru. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)

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SINGAPORE: Security at Singapore's land and sea checkpoints have been enhanced through several key measures, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday (Mar 6).

Speaking in Parliament during the Committee of Supply 2015 debate, Minister for Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean said that an integrated command and control structure has been introduced to "strengthen coordination" among the officers of the various Home Team agencies.

A total of 119 additional CCTV cameras have been installed at checkpoints since last year to enhance coverage and monitoring, with 1,000 more to be installed by June 2017. Mobile crash barriers have also been deployed as an additional line of defence to prevent vehicles from dashing though checkpoints.

Other measures - such as double drop-arm barriers at the vehicle counters, crash-rated vehicle security barriers, anti-climb fences and anti-crash walls - will be implemented in phases over the next three years, he said.

The ministry will also invest in marine capabilities to safeguard our shores, said Mr Teo. More sea and land-based barriers will be deployed to harden Singapore’s coastline and the MHA will equip the Police Coast Guard with better surveillance and interception capabilities.

The ministry will also integrate the Police Coast Guard, ICA and SCDF marine command bases for better coordinated response to marine safety and security threats.

AUTOMATION AT CHECKPOINTS

Mr Teo added that technology is a part of the ministry's strategy to keep checkpoints secure. All 164 motorcycle counters at the Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints will be automated by end-2016. These automated counters will speed up motorcycle clearance by up to 30 per cent and help reduce congestion.

From April this year, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore (ICA) will conduct a trial at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal to capture the fingerprints of all arriving persons. The fingerprints will be used to verify the traveller’s identity before he is allowed entry to Singapore, and will facilitate automated self-clearance at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.

The will implement this system progressively at other checkpoints if the trial is successful, said Mr Teo.

The ICA will also operate 10 more car counters at the Old Woodlands Checkpoint by 2016, in addition to the 40 car counters at Woodlands Checkpoint, and up to 20 additional car counters at Old Woodlands Checkpoint that currently operate during peak periods, Sundays and public holidays.

- CNA/ac

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