Bank offers free on-line service to donators helping tsunami-hit region
7/1/2005 17:10
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China's biggest bank, is
offering on-line services to those who want to donate money for the tsunami-hit
Asian countries. Through the ICBC website donators can easily finish the
payment that will immediately reach a special account of the Red Cross Society
of China (RCSC). The bank's service is free of charge for both donators and
the RCSC, while the RCSC has pledged to allocate all the donations for the
disaster-hit areas. After earthquakes and tsunamis devastated southeast Asian
countries in the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, Chinese people from all walks of life
and non-governmental organizations across the country have rushed to offer
help. The RCSC had already transferred US$660,000 to the disaster-stricken
regions by Jan. 1, sources say.
Xinhua
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