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| Saturday, 19 February 2005 |
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Cathay Pacific presents HK$7m for tsunami victims Cathay Pacific Chief Executive Phlip Chen presented the Hong Kong Red Cross Assistant Director (International and relief Service) Lady Wu with a cheque for HK$ 7 Million raised from staff and company donations to help the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami to rebuild their lives. The company kicked off the fund-raising effort for the Cathay Pacific Southeast Asia Disaster Relief Fund with HK$ 1 Million on 29th December 2004, then matched dollar-for-dollar every donation made by staff until the initiative ended on 28th January. The relief fund has raised more than HK$7 million at the moment. Staff contributed in Hong Kong and at ports throughout the Cathay pacific system. The airline and sister carrier Air Hong Kong also mounted special cargo flights to Sri Lanka and Indonesia. In all, Cathay pacific and Air Hong Kong flew more than 200 tonnes of relief supplies. The airline also carried more than 40 strong search and rescue team and sniffer dogs from Paris to Colombo. More than 8,000 Asia Miles members made donations to Asia Miles charity partners UNICEF, Oxfam Hong Kong, ORBIS and C.A.R.E. Housing Society to help fly relief workers to affected areas. Every donation made between 28 December and 7 January were matched mile-for-mile by Asia Miles and more than 275 million miles were raised. Cathay Pacific Chief Executive Philip Chen said: "On behalf of Cathay Pacific, I would like to thank all staff, our customers, suppliers and the Hong Kong travel industry for their commitment and contributions to relief efforts in support of our friends in South Asia. |
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