{"id":15978,"date":"2025-12-01T23:02:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=15978"},"modified":"2025-12-01T23:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:02:38","slug":"more-than-800-singaporeans-safely-return-from-flood-stricken-hat-yai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=15978","title":{"rendered":"More than 800 Singaporeans safely return from flood-stricken Hat Yai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>SINGAPORE: More than 800 Singaporeans have safely returned from <\/span><span>flood-stricken Hat Yai in Thailand<\/span><span> to Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a Facebook post on Monday (Dec 1), Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said that a total of 822 Singaporeans who had e-registered with or reached out to the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) have safely returned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He praised the dedication of MFA\u2019s consular response teams that &#8220;worked tirelessly on the ground to reach Singaporeans and help bring them home&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dr Balakrishnan also thanked the Thai government, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, as well as non-governmental organisations and volunteers whose swift support enabled MFA to assist Singaporeans effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also expressed his gratitude to the Malaysian government, which helped receive Singaporeans where possible and provided timely support during the evacuation efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;As Thailand moves into the recovery phase, I hope families and communities affected by the floods will soon be able to rebuild and find stability again,&#8221; Dr Balakrishnan said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v24.0\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/singaporeans-more-return-safely-thailand-hat-yai-floods-5516361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: More than 800 Singaporeans have safely returned from flood-stricken Hat Yai in Thailand to Singapore. In a Facebook post on Monday (Dec 1), Foreign&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--bB22jpob--\/c_crop,h_449,w_799,x_1,y_1\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2024-04:reuters_1,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/one-cms\/core\/2025-12-01T110440Z_2_LYNXMPELB0124_RTROPTP_3_ASIA-WEATHER-THAILAND.JPG?itok=4TvGPGZX","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11378,4774,2257,4228,418,10786],"class_list":["post-15978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-floodstricken","tag-hat","tag-return","tag-safely","tag-singaporeans","tag-yai","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}