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Effect Of The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake On Hong Kong Hong Kong> | align="center" colspan="2"| {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;" | width="130px"| | align=center width=130px| | | width="130px"| (In Detail) | width="130px"| (Full size) | } | Overview The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake of moment magnitude 9.0 that struck the Indian Ocean off the western coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia on December 26, 2004 at 00:58:50 UTC (07:58:50 local time in Jakarta and Bangkok, 08:58:50 in HKT). Hongkongers in the affected region (42 were reported to be in Thailand, two in Malaysia, 11 in Indonesia and 19 in other places, no missing reported involving Hong Kong residents in the Maldives and Sri Lanka) - People missing (last location unknown): 870
- People in hospitals: 3 (in Thailand)
Source: Press Release January 3, Hong Kong Government - Tsunami Help Info Video format of the press release: Real Media (Floor / Cantonese / Putonghua / English) Windows Media (Floor / Cantonese / Putonghua / English ) Definitions - Missing
- The callers were able to provide the personal particulars of the residents concerned as well as some information about their last known locations.
- Last location unknown
- Hong Kong residents whose family members have not provided the personal particulars or specific information on the last known locations of these residents. The Immigration Department is liaising with the caller in each of these cases to gather the required information for immediate follow-up actions.
The government has requested schools and employers to report if there is any members of the schools or companies missing after the christmas and new year holidays. History Thailand has been a tourist destination for Hongkongers of great popularity for many years. The Maldives is increasingly popular. Hong Kong also has a large population of domestic helpers from Thailand and Indonesia. Some Hongkongers visit Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries during the Chrismas and New Year break, to stay away from the cool winters in Hong Kong. The catastrophe has a large psychological impact. Impact This disaster exerted significant psychological impact everywhere in the world. The tourist trade in southern Asia will most likely receive a very hard setback. It has been reported some Indonesian and Thai domestic helpers suffer from psychological anxieties. Hong Kong Relief Information | ! Institution ! Phone ! Web/E-Mail ! Information | | style="text-align: left" | Support team of Hong Kong Government in Thailand | style="text-align: left" | Hong Kong Support Team in Phuket
096471215 (calling from within Thailand)
096471208 (Thailand)
(852) 9038 6578 (calling from Hong Kong)
(66) 9 647 1215 (from outside Thailand)
(66) 9 647 1208 (from outside Thailand)
Hong Kong Immigration Officer in Bangkok
(852) 9056 0113 (Hong Kong) | style="text-align: left" | Tsunami Help Info
Unlocated persons | style="text-align: left" | Address: Hong Kong Command Centre, Royal Phuket City Hotel, 154 Phang-Nga Road, Muang, Phuket 83000
Hong Kong Help Desks are available at Phuket International Airport, Phuket co-ordination centre, and Bangkok International Airport (http://www.info.gov.hk/info/tsunamis/eng/) | |style="text-align: left" | Hong Kong Immigration Officer in Colombo |style="text-align: left" | (852) 9168 8647 |style="text-align: left" | Tsunami Help Info |style="text-align: left" | Address: No. 29/14, Visaka Road, Colombo 4 | | style="text-align: left" | Immigration Department | style="text-align: left" | 2829 3010 | style="text-align: left" | www.immd.gov.hk | - | | style="text-align: left" | Royal Thai Consulate General (Hong Kong) | style="text-align: left" | (852) 2521 6481-5
Fax: (852) 2521 8629 | style="text-align: left" | www.thai-consulate.org.hk E-Mail | style="text-align: left" | Address: Fairmont House, 8th floor, 8 Cotton Tree Drive, Central | | style="text-align: left" | Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, Hong Kong | style="text-align: left" | (852) 2890 4421
Fax: (852) 2895 0139 | style="text-align: left" | www.kjrihkg.org.hk E-Mail | style="text-align: left" | Address: 127-129 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay | | style="text-align: left" | Consulate General of Malaysia (Hong Kong) | style="text-align: left" | (852) 2527 0921 or 2821 0800
Fax: (852) 2865 1628 | style="text-align: left" | E-Mail | style="text-align: left" | Address: 24th floor, Malaysia Building, 50 Gloucester Road, Wanchai | | style="text-align: left" | Dragonair | style="text-align: left" | see website | style="text-align: left" | www.dragonair.com | style="text-align: left" | - | | style="text-align: left" | Cathay Pacific | style="text-align: left" | see website | style="text-align: left" | www.cathaypacific.com | style="text-align: left" | - | | style="text-align: left" | Wing On Travel | style="text-align: left" | - | style="text-align: left" | Tsunami | style="text-align: left" | 21 tour guides set off to Thailand to offer assistance and translation services. | 0 | style="text-align: left" | PRC Embassy in Thailand | style="text-align: left" | (66) 1 8214771, (66) 1 9840658, (66) 9 7700836 | style="text-align: left" | - | style="text-align: left" | Address: 57 Rachadapisake Road Huay Kwang, Bangkok 10310, Thailand | 1 | style="text-align: left" | PRC Consulate-General in Songkhla | style="text-align: left" | - | style="text-align: left" | - | style="text-align: left" | Address: No. 9, Sadao Road, Ampur Muang, Songkhla 90000 | 2 | style="text-align: left" | PRC Embassy in Sri Lanka (in Colombo) | style="text-align: left" | (94) 11 2688610, (94) 11 2688611, (94) 7 7766 6599 | style="text-align: left" | - | style="text-align: left" | Address: 381-A Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7 | 3 | style="text-align: left" | PRC Embassies in the Maldives, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Malaysia, Indonesia | style="text-align: left" | the Maldives: (94) 11 268 8610, (94) 11 268 8611, (94) 7 7766 6599
India: (91) 98 1126 8632
Bangladesh: (880) 1 8921 2903, or (880) 1 8925 1518
Myanmar (Burma): (95) 1 221 926 (day) or (95) 1 221 280 (night)
Malaysia: (60) 12 372 0197, (60) 12 232 8297, (60) 12 386 5129
Indonesia: (62) 8118 12344 | style="text-align: left" | - | style="text-align: left" | - | How to donate Bank accounts | rganizations !!Telephone No. !!colspan=2|Bank Account No. | orld Vision Hong Kong
香港世界宣明會
(www.worldvision.org.hk) | 2394 2394 | HSBC匯豐銀行
Hang Sang Bank 恆生銀行
Bank of China (Hong Kong)中國銀行(香港) | 018-377077-003
286-364385-005
012-883-0-002666-2 | UNICEF
聯合國兒童基金會
(www.unicef.org.hk) | 2833 6139 | HSBC 匯豐銀行
Bank of China (Hong Kong) 中國銀行 (香港) | 567-354014-001
012-875-0-021868-3 | Hong Kong Red Cross
香港紅十字會
http://www.redcross.org.hk) | 2802 0021
6185 7693 | HSBC 匯豐銀行
Hang Sang Bank 恆生銀行
Bank of East Asia 東亞銀行
Bank of China (Hong Kong) 中國銀行(香港) | 500-334149-010
267-175123-009
514-40-66899-0
806-0-003403-3 | M%E9decins Sans Fronti%E8res
無國界醫生
(www.msf.org.hk) | 2338 8277 | HSBC 匯豐銀行 | 002-2-398226 | Oxfam Hong Kong
樂施會
(www.oxfam.org.hk) | 2520 2525 | HSBC 匯豐銀行
Bank of China (Hong Kong) 中國銀行(香港) | 047-834668-001
012-874-0010515-7 | Salvation Army
救世軍
(www.salvation.org.hk) | 2783 2333 | HSBC 匯豐銀行
Bank of East Asia東亞銀行
Bank of China (Hong Kong) 中國銀行(香港) | 580-149649-001
015-515-10-30085-4
012-878-1-044486-6 | Donations collected so far According to HKET (January 4 2005 issue), as at January 3: {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="clear: both; margin: 0 1em 1em 0; border: 1px solid gray; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: right" | | Organisation | Figure on Dec 31 2004
HKD | Figure on Jan 3 2005
HKD | Figure on Mar 31
HKD !! Amount used as at Mar 31
HKD | ong Kong Red Cross | 95 m | 147 m | 589 m | 120 m | orld Vision Hong Kong | 45 m | 58 m | 200 m | 1.36 m | nicef (Hong Kong Committee for Unicef) | 13 m | 35 m | 172 m | no data | xfam Hong Kong | 20 m | 26 m | 94.2 m | 20m | SF Hong Kong | 17 m | 17 m | 20 m | 16 m | alvation Army Hong Kong and Macau Command | 3 m | 5 m | 50 m | no data | b>Total | - | - | 1,125 m | 292 m (known) |
The global target of Red Cross is HKD 460 m (USD 59 m). MSF Hong Kong has meet its target in Hong Kong, and requested donors to donate to its other programmes. http://www.msf.org.hk/news/press_detail.php?id=198
According to January 5 2005 SCMP, per head (population) public donations in Hong Kong is the highest among all countries and territories, although donations from government is relatively low with respect to its population and scale of economy.
According to CRHK, as at February 4 2005, Red Cross Hong Kong alone has collected HK$500m. Source (replace 8819o3 with 881903) External links Hong Kong 2004 Tsunami
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