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 |
1127 |
4 |
13 |
6 |
1150 |
India |
213 |
1 |
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 |
0 |
2 |
177 |
Indonesia |
47 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
53 |
Maldives |
46 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
Total |
1810 |
9 |
15 |
9 |
1843 |
List updated as of 9 Jan 05 at 1300 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.
Based on media reports, we had earlier included a person in our missing list, pending verification of the circumstances surrounding the person's death. The checks have now been completed and we can confirm that she was a tsunami victim, and have therefore included her in the list of confirmed dead.
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
9 JANUARY 2005@1400HRS