[People of Singapore]
(31 Dec) The Red Cross Society had received total donations of $4 million in cash and cheques.
The Singapore Heart Foundation (SHF), which successfully raised $2.2 million through its "Affairs of the Heart" charity show on Dec 26, now aims to raise more money for the tsunami victims with a repeat telecast of the show on Jan 1.
[Akira]
(31 Dec) Electronics and home appliance company, Akira, is donating about $300,000 worth of items, including 1,000 portable generators and 5,000 emergency lamps, to help rescue efforts in Sri Lanka.
[Eu Yan Sang]
(31 Dec) Chinese medicine company, Eu Yan Sang, is donating 24,000 large bottles of drinking water and 1,500 boxes of chicken essence to aid victims and rescuers through Mercy Relief
[StarHub]
(31 Dec) StarHub is donating $200,000 to help buy water purification tablets, surgical and sanitation supplies. Half of the money will be used to help Indonesian tsunami victims.
[Telcom United]
(31 Dec) Local telecommunications company Telcom United is providing $50,000 worth of IDD talk time for foreign workers to call home to Aceh, Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.
[ComfortDelgro]
(31 Dec) Besides raising $50,000, taxi drivers and staff at ComfortDelGro Group yesterday helped deliver more than 300 boxes of food, clothing and medical supplies to various collection centres.
[US Government]
(31 Dec) US$35 million after UN officer Jan Egeland criticized western countries for being 'stingy'. The US quickly took that to mean them & promptly went into offensive by adding $20 mil to their original miserly US$15 million.
(1 Jan) When it was known that small Netherland (with 5% of US population) contributed $34 mil, the US increased theirs to $350 mil to avoid further embarassment. The Dutch was probably careful not to 'out-do' the US by crossing the $35 mil mark.
Contributions from round the world (as of 31 Dec):
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/124964/1/.html
Death toll (as of 31 Dec) :
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/124988/1/.html
Lie detector results:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,15671,1382457,00.html
(one of the reasons why you have to be careful with what governments say)
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