Pop diva Chang Hui-mei, better known as A-mei, will donate NT$2 million (about US$62,520) to her native Taitung County for disaster relief and reconstruction in the wake of Typhoon Nepartak.
A-mei said that eastern Taiwan needs assistance and support because the path to reconstruction will be long and hard. “This is just a start,” she said via her agent Issac Chen. “I will continue to do my best to assist with the reconstruction in Taitung.”
After A-mei made the announcement, rock band Mayday and singer Jia Jia announced that they would jointly donate NT$2 million. Jia Jia also comes from Taitung County. Meanwhile, entertainer Little S pledged a donation of NT$1 million.
Photo: Hu Shun-hsiang, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者胡舜翔
The Bulareyaung Dance Company (BDC) — established by Aboriginal choreographer Bulareyaung Pagarlava of the Paiwan people in his native Taitung County — was also devastated by the typhoon. The choreographer and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre founder Lin Hwai-min jointly issued an open letter to call for help.(CNA)
尼伯特颱風重創東台灣，流行樂天后張惠妹（阿妹）宣布，捐款兩百萬元給家鄉台東縣，進行颱風救災重建工作。
阿妹說東台灣需要更多的幫忙和支援，因為接下來重建家園是辛苦而漫長的。「而這只是個開始！」她透過經紀人陳鎮川說，「接下來我還會盡自己所能，持續協助台東的重建工作。」
阿妹率先捐款後，樂團五月天和歌手家家等人宣布合捐兩百萬元，家家也來自台東，藝人小S並跟進捐款一百萬元。
排灣族編舞家布拉瑞揚在家鄉台東成立的「布拉瑞揚舞團BDC」，這次也深受其害，布拉瑞揚及雲門舞集創辦人林懷民則發表公開信、懇請社會援助。（張聖恩編譯）
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