In response to the Asia earthquake and tidal waves catastrophe, different circles in Hong Kong have been raising fund to assist the victims.
Hong Kong Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) and Li Ka Shing Foundation announced in Hong Kong Tuesday that they would in total donate 24 million HK dollars towards the relief of victims and rebuilding of affected areas.
"We hope our effort will help case some suffering. We also hope that Hong Kong people will express their concern by contributing in whatever way they could to assist victims and the repair of damages," said Li Ka-shing, Chairman of the HWL.
Low temperature has been persisted throughout the day with strong wind striking the street, but none of these prevented people to show their concern about the condition of the disaster.
On a bustling street of Causeway Bay, there were people continually donating money at the fundraising booth set up by the Democratic Alliance for Betterment (DAB) of Hong Kong, a local party.
Tin Chi-kin of the DAB said there would be more booths set up in crowd districts Wednesday in order to appeal for more fund, which would be sent to the Hong Kong Red Cross to help relieve people in the disaster.
The Hong Kong Red Cross has launched appeal for victims of the disaster on Dec. 27 and about 20 million Hong Kong dollars of fund has collected from the Hong Kong public so far.
Donors included the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited who promised to give out US$one million and the Hong Kong Jockey Club who is donating US$250,000 etc.
This is the strongest earthquake in 40 years caused massive tidal waves, causing a huge number of deaths, injuries. The International Red Cross has been working in the affected areas including India, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka for the relief of the disaster.