SYDNEY, Dec. 30 -- AsiaNet AMERICA DONATES... WASHINGTON: As of Noon yesterday, just three days after apowerful tsunami impacted countries in southern Asia andeastern Africa, Americans have generously contributedapproximately $18 million to the American Red CrossInternational Response Fund, which supports both immediate andlong term relief efforts for disaster victims in countriesoutside the United States. http://www.redcross.org UNICEF WARNING... NEW YORK: UNICEF has warned that without immediate,wide-scale action to provide safe water in the communities hitby Sunday's massive ocean flooding, millions of people will beat grave risk of water-borne disease. www.unicef.org DONATION HOTLINE... SYDNEY: UNICEF Australia has opened a second donationhotline and an updated Tsunami web donation option after beinginundated with callers wishing to donate to UNICEF's SoutheastAsia earthquake relief emergency appeal. www.unicef.org.au HEALTHCARE DONATIONS... ABBOTT PARK: Abbott has committed $4 million in funding andhealthcare product donations to the victims of the naturaldisasters in Southeast Asia and the eastern coast of Africa. http://www.abbott.com CORPORATE TRAVEL... AUCKLAND: Executive Travel, an Auckland-based travelagency, will utilize UATP to expand its corporate travel base,enhance customer service and lower its distribution costs byaccepting UATP for all travel payments, including corporateclients' service fees and agency-specific fares. http://www.uatp.com http://www.executivetravel.co.nz KIMBERLY-CLARK DONATES... DALLAS: Kimberly-Clark Corporation has announced it iscontributing $100,000 to the United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) to assist in meeting the urgent needs of tsunamivictims in South Asia. In addition to this contribution, thecompany also is donating Personal Care and Health Care productsto support relief efforts in the region. http://www.kimberly-clark.com http://www.unicefusa.org AUSTRALIA DONATES... SYDNEY: Thousands of donors are responding to OxfamCommunity Aid Abroads call for funds to assist the men, womenand children affected by the earthquake and tsunamis that havedevastated East and South Asia. We are overwhelmed by thegenerosity of Australians who gave over $1.5 million within 48hours to our Earthquake Tsunami Emergency Appeal, says JamesEnsor, Acting Executive Director of Oxfam Community AidAbroad. www.oxfam.org.au PLAN REPORTS... HAMBANTOTA: Plan Sri Lanka's Program Unit Manager R W WWijerathne reports from Hambantota, a coastal districtparticularly hard-hit by the devastating Tsunami, as part ofits South East program unit. Mr Wijerathne managed to getthrough to Hambantota within hours of receiving the news of thedisaster. http://www.plan-international.org WORKING GROUP... JAKARTA: Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs has setup a special working group to coordinate international reliefassistance and aids forwarded to the disaster areas in the twoprovinces of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra. INDONESIAN COALITION... JAKARTA: As a demonstration of solidarity and support forthe Victims of Earthquake and Tsunami, the Civil SocietyCoalition for the victims of The Earthquake and tsunami in Acehand North Sumatera, will intervene directly with immediate aid,as well as planning into short and long term period. www.walhi.or.id RED CROSS... JAKARTA: Responding to the Tsunami disaster, the IndonesianRed Cross has mobilized some 900 volunteer workers to help thevictims in Aceh and North Sumatra. Since the first day of thedisaster the Indonesian Red Cross has performed a number oftasks such as evacuating victims, collecting data anddistribution of food and medical aids. CASINO PROJECTS... LAS VEGAS: Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) welcomedtoday's announcement by the Republic of Singapore that it isissuing requests for concepts for possible integratedcasino-entertainment development projects in Singapore. http://www.harrahs.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.