Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Simpler way to mail a letter

I sent a letter addressed to:

Tan Kin Lian
Singapore 809744.

10 days have passed. It never arrived!
Singapore Post must have decided that this address is incomplete and thrown the letter away!
Posted by at

4 comments:

hanglian said...

Hi Mr. Tan,

Are you living in a landed property? Is the unit number reflected in the postal code? I know that for HDB flats, we can only tell the block number from the postal code.

March 26, 2008 2:44 PM
Collin Yeo said...

Mr Tan,

I did a similar test. However, I am living in a HDB.

The results:
http://collinyeo.blogspot.com/2008/03/re-can-we-do-away-with-street-name-when.html

March 26, 2008 11:02 PM
Anonymous said...

Mr.Tan,

What about if you try this format?

Mr.Lee Kuan Yew ( Minister Mentor )
SINGAPORE

NB:
I think it will reach him. : ))

Ah Boy

March 27, 2008 4:20 PM
Tan Kin Lian said...

I just realised why the letter never arrived.

The postman will not know which house to deliver the letter to.

The post office will not refer to their database to get the house number.

This seems to be a resonable approach.

March 28, 2008 7:32 AM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Blog Archive