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May 19, 2008 No contact from S'pore consulate during quake I LIVE in Chengdu, China, because of my husband's work. When the earthquake struck Wenchuan county on Monday, telecommunication lines were down for several hours. Wenchuan, 150km north-west of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, was at the epicentre of the earthquake. There was uncertainty and fear. No one from the consulate-general office in Chengdu contacted me with news updates or advice for Singaporeans here. Telecommunication lines were up and running after a few hours and e-mail and the Internet were working. I am also registered with the Sichuan-Singapore club here, which, to my knowledge, has an extensive list of Singaporeans living and working in Sichuan. The consulate-general could have made use of that list to contact Singaporeans here. From the expatriate club here, I have received e-mail updates from the United States embassy and calls from German, French and Scandinavian nationals to register at certain contact points. My question to the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs is, what are its protocols regarding reaching Singapore citizens when disaster strikes? I am aware that the ministry has an online registry for Singaporeans but not everyone is registered there, I am positive. Are other means taken to reach these Singaporeans in a foreign country? Perhaps, for instance, an e-mail message to expatriate clubs or a message on the ministry's website? The ministry and its missions should leave no stone unturned in reaching and helping all Singaporeans abroad in times of crisis. Ashley Wai Leng Chang (Ms) Chengdu, China http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Sto...ory_238767.html Obviously she dunno MIW like to give false hopes...