MFA Press Statement (5 Jan 05@1300hrs): Update on Aftermath of Tsunami and Earthquake

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

1120

12

13

5

1150

India

207

6

0

1

214

Malaysia

144

0

0

0

144

Bangladesh

16

0

0

0

16

Myanmar

38

0

0

0

38

Sri Lanka

174

1

0

1

176

Indonesia

44

4

2

0

50

Maldives

46

0

0

0

46

Total

1789

23

15

7

1834

List updated as of 5 Jan 05 at 1300 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
5 JANUARY 2005@1300HRS

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