MFA Press Statement (2 Jan 05 @ 1300 hrs): Update on Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami

The latest update on the status of Singaporeans in the areas affected by the tsunami is as follows:

STATUS OF SINGAPOREANS IN AFFECTED AREAS

           

Country

Contactable

Uncontactable*

Missing**

Dead

Total

Thailand

1081

50

13

5

1149

India

201

7

0

1

209

Malaysia

143

1

0

0

144

Bangladesh

14

2

0

0

16

Myanmar

36

1

0

0

37

Sri Lanka

162

12

0

1

175

Indonesia

39

7

0

2

48

Maldives

44

1

0

0

45

Total

1720

81

13

9

1823

List updated as of 2 Jan 05 at 1700 hrs

Note

*Uncontactable - persons who were known to be in the general vicinity of the affected areas and whom families and MFA are unable to reach.

**Missing - definite information that persons may have been swept away, or were known to be in an area that was badly devastated.

We request relatives and friends of Singaporeans,who were known to have travelled to the disaster-stricken areas and uncontactable earlier but who have since been contacted, to call the 24-hour Singapore Contact Centre at Tel: 6332-0000, to give details of the whereabouts of such persons.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
2 JANUARY 2005

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