Chan to visit tsunami-hit areas in RI<\/p>\n
HONG KONG: Jackie Chan said on Monday he will visit tsunami-hit
\nareas in Indonesia this month, as he announced that a star-
\nstudded charity show he helped organize raised US$4.8 million for
\nthe aid effort.<\/p>\n
Chan and his entourage hoped to tour hard-hit Aceh province on
\nApril 18 to April 20, but the details of his itinerary were not
\navailable, said actor Eric Tsang, who planned to travel with
\nChan. A separate celebrity group planned to visit Sri Lanka at an
\nunspecified date.<\/p>\n
Chan also announced that $4.8 million was raised from a Jan. 7
\ncharity concert featuring Hollywood action star Jet Li, Hong Kong
\nsingers Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau and Taiwanese pop diva Chang
\nHui-mei.<\/p>\n
Donations poured in for more than two months after the show,
\norganizers said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Chan said he was impressed with the result and proposed making
\nthe show a permanent annual event to start up an emergency fund
\nfor other disasters.<\/p>\n
"I'm very happy and proud that small Hong Kong captured the
\nattention of the world this way," he said. "Some Hong Kongers
\ndidn't just donate once, they donated more than three times."<\/p>\n
Tsang said the donations would be roughly evenly split between
\nfive charities: the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the United
\nNations Children's Fund, Oxfam and World Vision.<\/p>\n
The money will fund projects including reconstruction, helping
\nfishermen and orphans, as well as psychological counseling for
\npeople who lost loved ones, Tsang said. --AP<\/p>",
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