At 08:26 PM 5/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>oki_at_... wrote:
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>> After all that, you still consider the best ? I do not really know about
>> elsewhere. In Singapore, local mail put into the mail box before, say 3 or 5
>> pm are guaranteed to be delivered by next day !
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>That's local, Oki. International is a bit different. But I agree, your
>local postal service is very good. OTOH a piece of mail posted in
>Darwin, for example, will reach Sydney in about 3 days or less. And
>that's further than to Singapore.
>
Yeah, I know. I have a cousin who mailed a birthday card to her brother in
Indonesia (my homeland) a month ahead of his birthday, and it arrives one
month after his birthday ! And we are just talking about a normal card to a
major city in Indonesia. And this happens fairly regularly too :(
But things might have improved.
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Received on Tue May 20 1997 - 01:23:23 UTC
