MFA Press Statement (1 Jan 05 @ 2200 hrs): Update on Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami
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1 January 2005
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* Mi...
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The latest update on the status of Singaporeans in the areas affected by the tsunami is as follows:
STATUS OF SINGAPOREANS IN AFFECTED AREAS
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Country | Contactable | Uncontactable* | Missing** | Dead | Total |
Thailand | 1014 | 87 | 15 | 5 | 1121 |
India | 173 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 202 |
Malaysia | 140 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
Bangladesh | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Myanmar | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
Sri Lanka | 155 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 171 |
Indonesia | 36 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 55 |
Maldives> | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Total | 1609 | 157 | 17 | 7 | 1790 |
List updated as of 1 Jan 05 at 1500 hrs
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.
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.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
1 JANUARY 2005
