FUND-RAISING DRIVES CONTINUE IN TAIWAN TO HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS http://www.cna.com.tw/eng/topread.php?id=200501040029 2005-01-04 19:46:04 Taipei, Jan. 4 (CNA) Various organizations in Taiwan continued their efforts Tuesday in raising funds for victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster. According to official statistics, donations from the private sector have reached NT$180 million (US$5.63 million). Further adding to this amount, the state-run Chinese Petroleum Corp. (CPC) announced Tuesday that it will donate NT$100 million and is encouraging its staff to make donations. In addition, the CPC will set up donation boxes in 1,700 gas stations islandwide from Jan. 5-11, and the money will be designated for post-tsunami relief efforts by World Vision Taiwan, CPC officials said. On Kinmen, County Magistrate Lee Chu-feng encouraged civil servants on the outlying island to donate one day's pay to help the tsunami victims. In Hsinchu City, the Armed Forces Hsinchu Hospital held a charity art sale for the cause, and Hsinchu Mayor Lin Jung-tzer spent NT$5,00O on a calligraphic work to show his support for the sale. The Red Cross Society of the Republic of China, Azio TV and Era Group are set to jointly hold a fund-raising event in Taipei Saturday that will be broadcast live on Azio TV. A number of noted local entertainers are expected to attend the event and the organizers said they hope to raise at least NT$100 million. The National Symphony Orchestra said it will donate the income from a Sunday concert, amounting to NT$500,000, for the post-tsunami relief efforts. The Huafan University in Taipei County's Hsintien launched a campaign to urge each student to donate NT$100 in an effort to raise NT$1 million to buy medical and daily supplies for delivery to Sri Lanka, one of the tsunami-hit countries. Meanwhile, officials at World Vision Taiwan said the organization has received a lot of small-amount donations since the Dec. 26 disaster. Among the donors, a five-grader in Hualien donated her NT$5,000 savings and an aboriginal woman donated NT$20,000 originally intended for the living costs of her family, the officials said. More than 130,000 people have been reported dead and millions are left homeless in nearly a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean after the tsunami, which was triggered by a 9.0-magnitude off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. (By Y.F. Low) -- http://Eweb.24cc.com██████████████████████ ※ 编辑: KevinAction 来自: 220.135.148.74 (01/07 01:40)