MFA Press Statement (1 Jan 05 @ 2200 hrs): Update on Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore - $name

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

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

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