The Mainland Affairs Council has asked the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) to help relatives of passengers from Hong Kong, Macau and China -- who were on flight CI-611, which crashed yesterday -- to come to Taiwan.
The council's Hong Kong Affairs Bureau will help family members in Hong Kong to come to Taiwan, the MAC's Director of Information and Liaison Chen Chung-hong (
Among the 206 passengers on board, 14 were believed to have come from Hong Kong, Macau and China. But, as of press time last night, China Airlines could only say that nine of the 14 were from China.
The council's Hong Kong Affairs Bureau Director Chang Liang-jen (張良任) told the Taipei Times yesterday that after being informed of the accident, his bureau immediately set up an emergency center in Hong Kong International Airport to help issue visas to relatives wanting to come to Taiwan.
Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department Acting Director Lo Shung-man (
"However, the department has not received any request for assistance from Taiwan yet."
Wang Daohan (
Wong Yu-shing (
As of press time last night, only one family member of a Chinese passenger had called the MAC's Hong Kong Affairs Bureau for assistance in getting a visa, according to an official of the bureau.
CAL's Hong Kong hotline is 852-2261-1815.
The Hong Kong Immigration Office has set up its own hotline: 852-2829-3010.
The MAC's Hong Kong Affairs Bureau has set up a hotline on 852-9091-6005, 852-2523-4429 and 852-2522-9580.
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