SINGAPORE – Members of Singapore’s Muslim community have raised more than $360,000 for victims of the deadly earthquake that that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in September.
A cheque for $362,510 was presented on Tuesday (Nov 27) to independent disaster relief agency Mercy Relief Singapore, which plans to put the money towards recovery projects for survivors of the 7.4-magnitude quake and tsunami which left more than 1,200 people dead and 16,700 displaced.