Donations for tsunami aid grow
5/1/2005 9:06
Shanghai Daily news
Local donations for survivors of
the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami relief exceeded 2 million yuan
(US$241,600) as of noon yesterday, the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau
said. Some 200 medical staff from Fudan University's Children's Hospital
donated 29,775 yuan while the Jade Buddha Temple donated 400,000 yuan. Around
town, staff of the Shanghai Greenery Bureau and Shanghai Lawyer Association, as
well as students from primary schools, waited in lines at the Shanghai Charity
Foundation to donate money. "It's really sad," said Jose Trinidad Garcia
Cervantes, Mexico's deputy consul general who came to the foundation to donate
1,000 yuan. "I'll try asking more friends in the local foreign communities to
join me." Gu beiwei, a middle-aged women from Yangpu District, donated 10,000
yuan in the name of her family. "There's no way for the dead to regain their
lives, but those who are alive are still hopeful," she said. "We wish that all
the survivors, especially the injured and children who lost their parents, can
go through the current hardship and rebuild their homes. Plagues please stay
away from all tragedy sufferers." Reggie shiu, a senior vice president for
Accor Asia, was still missing in the tidal waves. The chinese-American
traveled with his family from Shanghai to Thailand for the Christmas holiday.
Along with his wife and two teenage boys, they have not been heard from. The
family's youngest daughter is safe. Accor officials said that they had not
lost hopes and would keep on looking.
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