02 Oct 2009, 00:00
A 42-member Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) rescue contingent departed for Padang, West Sumatra, this evening via Republic of Singapore Air Force C-130 flights. The rescue contingent, which compr...
02 Oct 2009, 00:00
Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong made a telephone call to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono this evening. President Yudhoyono briefed PM Lee on Indonesia's response to the devastating e...
02 Oct 2009, 00:00
PM Lee has written a condolence letter to Prime Minister of Tonga Dr. Feleti Vaka'ata Sevele on the destruction to Tonga by the South Pacific Tsunami. The text of the letter is below: 2 October 2009...
02 Oct 2009, 00:00
PM Lee has written a condolence letter to Samoan Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi on the destruction to Samoa by the South Pacific Tsunami. Text of the letter is appended below pls: 2 O...
02 Oct 2009, 00:00
In response to media queries, the MFA Spokesman said that as at 1600 hours (Singapore time), all Singaporeans known to MFA to have been in Padang when the earthquake struck, have been accounted for. T...