SYDNEY, Dec. 29 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest
RELIEF MEASURES...
SYDNEY: Telstra will provide assistance to its customers
here and in countries affected by Sunday's earthquake and
tsunami as well as Australian aid agencies participating in the
relief effort.
www.telstra.com.au/communications/media
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$35
million on Jan 7, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CHILDREN'S CHARITY...
WARWICK: Plan USA, the international children's charity
based in RI, rushed to respond to the disastrous tsunami that
spread across Asia this weekend.
http://www.planusa.org
HOTELS UNDAMAGED...
SINGAPORE: Following the recent tidal waves that struck
South and Southeast Asia, Starwood Hotels & Resorts reports
that its Sheraton hotels in Phuket, Krabi and Langkawi
experienced no structural damages.
http://www.starwoodhotels.com
INFORMATION CENTRES...
BANGKOK: In the wake of the Asian tsunami disaster, Thailand
will set up information centres to help visitors establish
contact with their friends and relatives. The Centres will be
set up in Phuket, Krabi and Don Muang Airports.
www.tourismthailand.org
TSUNAMI UPDATE...
BANGKOK: Following the tsunami which struck Indian Ocean rim
areas on the morning of December 26, the Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA) is reminding consumers in source markets
that most of Asia has not been affected by the tidal surges.
http://www.PATA.org
AID DISTRIBUTION...
MEDAN: The Indonesian government has declared the Polonia
military airbase in Medan as a main point of distribution of
relief aid including food and medical supplies the victims of
the powerful earthquake and gigantic tidal waves that struck
Aceh, Vice President Yusuf Kalla said upon arrival at the
airport on Monday.
UNICEF ASSISTANCE...
NEW YORK: UNICEF is rushing relief assistance to the
countries hardest hit by massive ocean flooding following
Sundays earthquake, working to meet the urgent needs of
hundreds of thousands of people who survived the tsunamis but
now need shelter, water, medical supplies and other urgent
assistance.
www.unicef.org
JAPANESE AID...
JAKARTA: The Japanese government has decided to provide 39
million yen (approx US$370,000, or 351 billion rupiah) to the
Indonesian government in connection with the earthquake and
tsunami which struck Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province on
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