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Clinton calls for three-five more years of US tsunami help

HONG KONG, Tuesday (AFP) Former US President Bill Clinton Tuesday said he would recommend to Washington that American tsunami relief efforts in Asia continue for three to five years.

In Hong Kong on a stopover from a four-day tour of countries hit by the December 26 tragedy, he said much more work needed to be done in the affected regions.

"I was impressed by the achievements made and the scale of the job yet to be done," Clinton told reporters.

"I will recommend that American aid efforts continue in the region for at least three to five years."

Clinton and fellow former president George Bush senior were appointed by President George W. Bush to head US private fundraising efforts in the wake of the tsunamis that killed some 289,000 people in 11 countries in Asia and Africa.

Looking fresh at the end of a tour that took him to battered parts of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Clinton's only engagement during his half-day stop in Hong Kong was to sign copies of his autobiography "My Life" at a downtown bookstore.

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