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 |
1124 |
9 |
13 |
6 |
1152 |
India |
212 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
215 |
Malaysia |
148 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
Bangladesh |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Myanmar |
38 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
Sri Lanka |
175 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
177 |
Indonesia |
44 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
50 |
Maldives |
46 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
Total |
1803 |
15 |
16 |
8 |
1842 |
List updated as of 7 Jan 05 at 1630 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
7 JANUARY 2005 @ 1800HRS