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 |
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 |
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