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Jackie Chan does his bit in relief efforts
Hollywood stars Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat are headlining a string of Hong Kong celebrity donations to earthquake and tsunami relief efforts.
Hollywood stars Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat are headlining a string of Hong Kong celebrity donations to earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in southern Asia.
Kung fu king Chan pitched in $64,000 to the United Nations Children's Fund, the group said in a statement.
Chan said the donation is small but he hopes it will prompt more people to give money.
"A token 500,000 is nothing for the disaster areas, but I want to have a spearheading effect," he said at a cheque presentation ceremony. Appealing for donations, Chan said, "the accumulation of droplets becomes a river."
Chow, who starred in 'The Replacement Killers' and 'Anna and the King,' gave $25,600; to a disaster relief fund set up by the Apple Daily, the mass-market paper reported on Wednesday.
Also donating to the newspaper's fund was Stephen Chow, who directed and starred in the comedy 'Shaolin Soccer.' Pop stars Leon Lai and Andy Lau joined the actor in donating $25,600, each, the paper said.
"Even though this disaster didn't happen in Hong Kong, it happened on the Earth we live on. We should not be distinguished by race and national boundaries right now," Apple Daily quoted Lau as saying.
Vacationing action star Jet Li and his family evacuated to Doha, Qatar, after their hotel in the Maldives was swamped by tidal waves, the Apple Daily reported, quoting a friend who was with Li.
