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T
emple of Heaven
Beijing - Singapore embassy
Embassy Address:
1 Xiushui Bei Jie
Jianguo Menwai
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100600
Tel: +86 10 6532 1115
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Chengdu Consulate
chengdu
 
Qingyanggong (Green Goat Daoist Temple)
Consulate Address:
U
nit 31-D, First City Plaza
308 Shuncheng Road
Chengdu  Sichuan  610017
Tel:                  +86 28 8652 7222
Emergency Tel: +86 139 0807 3562
Email:               -
 

Guangzhou Consulate
gz shamian
Shamian Island
Consulate Address:
Unit 2418, Citic Plaza Office Tower
233 Tianhe North Road
Tianhe District
Guangzhou Guangdong 510613
Tel:                      +86 20 389 12345
Emergency Tel:    +86 139 2229 6253
Email:                
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Shanghai Consulate
shg bund
The Bund
Consulate Address:
89 Wan Shan Road
Shanghai 200336
Tel:                   +86 21 62785566
Emergency Tel:  +86  138 0194 9439
Email:
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Xiamen Consulate
xmn
Zheng Chenggong statue in Gulangyu
Consulate Address:
Units 05-07/08 The Bank Centre
189 Xiahe Road
Xiamen 361003 Fujian
Tel:                   +86 592 268 4691
Emergency Tel:  +86  139 0602 9002
Email:
singcg_xmn@sgmfa.gov.sg

Hongkong
hk
Victoria Harbour
Consulate Address:
Unit 901 9th floor

Admiralty Tower Centre
18 Harcourt Road, Hongkong
Tel:                   +852 2527 2212
Emergency Tel: +852 9466 1251
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Taipei Trade Office
tpei
National Palace Museum
Office Address:
9th floor, 85 Jen Ai Road
Section 4, Taipei, 106
Tel:                   +886 2 2772 1940
Emergency Tel:  -
Email:                -

 
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No hare-brained request, please!

The following article from BBC News indicates what not to ask your government mission overseas…

12 August 2009

British embassies around the world are getting "frustrated" by travellers wanting weather reports and advice on how to deal with unruly children. 

      Consular staff have  also been asked to help make jam, pack suitcases and find lost sunglasses. A woman unhappy with the size of her newly-enlarged breasts and a man in search of shoes also sought help. 

The Foreign Office says British embassies are there "to help Britons in real difficulty abroad". The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is highlighting some of the less serious requests to clarify the role of its 261 embassies, high commissions and other diplomatic posts.
Other inquiries include:

-A mother asked the consulate in Florida to help her teenage son pack his case and give him a lift to the airport as he was feeling under the weather.
-A traveller wanted the high commission in Zambia to phone his workplace to explain he would not be in because he was unable to get a flight.
-A holidaymaker visiting Italy wondered where they could purchase a particular pair of shoes.
-One caller asked: "I'm making jam - what ratio of fruit to sugar shall I use?".

Juliet Maric, British consul in Alicante, Spain, said people thought they were a "one-stop shop" and it could be "frustrating".

Embassies do:

Issue replacement passports
Help transfer money
Support victims of crime

Embassies do not:

Make travel arrangements
Get Britons out of prison

"If you have a serious problem abroad - maybe you've been involved in an accident, have lost your passport or are a victim of crime, we can help you," she said. "But we can't tell you who is allowed to use your swimming pool, pay your taxi fares for you or do anything about the exchange rate."

Minister for consular affairs, Chris Bryant, said: "Consular staff are there to help Britons in real difficulty abroad - from victims of crime and bereaved families to those involved in accidents or who have lost their passports. "It's important that British nationals understand what the FCO can and can't do for them so our staff can focus resources on more serious situations where people really do need our help."
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