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Macau Red Cross to collect US$4 million in tsunami donations
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-01-14 15:42
The Macau Red Cross, which has collected 25 million patacas (US$3 million) in
tsunami relief donations, expected that as the fund-raising is still going on,
the number could soon increase to some US$4 million.
President of the Macau Red Cross Eddie Wong Yue Kai said Friday that his
organization has received more than US$3 million to aid the tsunami victims
adding that some US$1 million have been sent to the Southeast Asia for relief
work, namely for the purchase of medicines and the rebuilding of
homes.
President of Las Vegas Sands William P. Weider presented the
company's cheque worth 2.6 million patacas (US$325,000) to the organization in
Macau on Thursday. He expressed his hope that the money would assist those
affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami across
Asia.
Meanwhile, the fund-raising by the academic circle was also
efficient, which went up to 2 million patacas (US$250,000).
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