Chan Leads Tsunami Goodwill Mission
Action man Jackie Chan will raise awareness of the plight victims of December's Indian Ocean tsunami are facing, by leading a four-day goodwill visit to struggling Indonesian communities. The Rush Hour star will travel to the hard-hit region of Banda Aceh, northern Sumatra, to meet thousands of people left orphaned, injured or homeless by the deadly waves sparked by a vast undersea earthquake. And Chan will be joined by fellow Hong Kong film star Eric Tsang, last year's Miss World, Julia Garcia Mantilla and British Olympic gold medalist Daley Thompson for the charity trip, which will be filmed by Hong Kong satellite TV broadcaster Phoenix. Chan says, "I was moved by what happened, and society needs to know that although we've moved on four months since the disaster, the wonderful work done to restore order is just the tip of the iceberg. People are still suffering."...
- 4/19/2005
- WENN
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