Taiwan sets up bank account to accept overseas donations

Expatriates wishing to contribute to the fund can remit their donations to the "Ministry of the Interior Donation Account" at Mega International Commercial Bank. The account number is 007-09-087816, and the swift code is ICBCTWTP007, the office said.

Donors can also mail checks directly to the Ministry of the Interior in Taipei or take them to any of Taiwan's overseas missions, the office said.

Typhoon Morakot battered Taiwan last week with strong winds and heavy rains that led to severe flooding and mudslides in some areas in central and southern Taiwan. The death toll from the disaster had climbed to at least 103 as of Wednesday, with 45 injured and 61 still missing, according to the Central Emergency Operation Center.

With the situation drawing wide attention in the international community, Japan has donated 10 million yen to Taiwan, and the United States has indicated its intention to make donations to help in the aftermath of the storm.

Also, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Hungary, Israel, South Korea and South Africa have expressed their concerns. Many of Taiwan's diplomatic allies have expressed sympathy through their U.N. missions in New York over the past three days.

Meanwhile, various fundraising campaigns have been launched by Taiwanese-American organizations in New York, including the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, the Taiwan Center, the New York branch of the Tzu Chi Foundation, and the New York branch of the Buddha's Light International Association.

In the United Kingdom, the Global Federation of Chinese Business Women will hold a charity sale and set up donation boxes at Ming-Ai (London) Institute at 2 p.m. Aug. 15, when Taiwanese pipa player Luo Chao-yun is scheduled to stage a performance.

At 2 p.m. Aug. 18, Taiwanese-British organizations will jointly hold a street fundraising event at London Chinatown to coincide with a Song Jiang battle array performance there by students from Taiwan's Shih Chien University.

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