Wong Fuk Wing's sister Huang Yuexiu said in an exclusive interview in Hong Kong on June 16: "Thank you for your concern. I hope that the story of Furong will enable other people who care to do more good deeds and help those who need help. "
Wong Fuk Wing was supposed to be a volunteer in the "Cixing Xi Hui Yuan" orphanage in Yushu, Qinghai, and arrived in Yushu on the 8th. After the earthquake on June 4th, the orphanage was severely damaged. He has run out of the collapsed orphanage in Wong Fuk Wing. After learning that three children and three teachers are still trapped, he returned to the scene to assist in the search and rescue. During this period, aftershocks occurred frequently, and Wong Fuk Wing was unfortunately killed in an aftershock.
Wong Fuk Wing, 46, used to be a truck driver in Hongkong. His life is not rich, but he has been enthusiastic about public welfare for many years and has traveled all over the country. In 2002, he spent seven months walking from Hong Kong to Beijing alone to raise money for the Chinese Bone Marrow Bank and donated all his savings. After the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, Wong Fuk Wing volunteered in the Sichuan disaster area for two months, delivering materials to the affected people.
At present, Wong Fuk Wing's family has arrived in Qinghai. On June 16, they took a bus from Xining to Yushu to deal with the aftermath.
The Liaison Office of the Central Committee in Hong Kong has sent a telegram of condolence, paying tribute to Wong Fuk Wing for giving his life to save others, expressing deep condolences for his unfortunate death, and sending staff to Wong Fuk Wing's home to express condolences to his family and help with the aftermath.
The Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Henry Tang, said that Wong Fuk Wing represents the "spirit of Hong Kong"; Zeng Decheng, Director of the Civil Affairs Bureau of the SAR, said that he would propose to the Honours Committee that Wong Fuk Wing's Gold Medal for Courage be posthumously awarded. In addition, Jiegu Town, the capital of Yushu Prefecture, was devastated by the earthquake. The remote sensing image released by the Earth Observation and Digital Earth Science Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences on April 15 shows that the collapse rate of houses in the west of Yushu Jiegu Town is over 60%. The analysis of these remote sensing images by the center shows that the collapse rate of houses is related to the types of houses. The bungalow collapsed seriously, but most of the frame structures such as office buildings and residential buildings in enterprises and institutions have withstood the earthquake test, and very few houses have completely collapsed. In a sense, it is not the earthquake that is fatal, but the buildings that collapsed in the earthquake. Those buildings that meet the seismic fortification requirements can completely save lives in the earthquake. Even in Yingxiu Town, the epicenter of the Wenchuan earthquake whose earthquake intensity far exceeds Jiegu Town, some houses still stand. It stands to reason that Yushu belongs to the high-frequency earthquake zone, and the seismic fortification should be better than other places. However, for a long time, Yushu's economic development is relatively backward, and there are inevitably defects in the seismic fortification work. The damage of school buildings in Yushu earthquake has attracted people's attention. The monitoring and evaluation of the Earth Observation and Digital Earth Science Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that four bungalows and/kloc-0 buildings in Yushu TV University collapsed; More than 3/4 houses (bungalows and buildings) in Yushu health vocational secondary school collapsed; Four bungalows in Sanwan Primary School collapsed, and the main structures of other buildings were intact; Three bungalows in front of the main teaching building of the second ethnic middle school collapsed, and the main structures of other houses were intact. The press center of Yushu Earthquake Relief Headquarters in Qinghai Province revealed at the press conference held on April 16 that the school building in the earthquake area collapsed by 36,572 square meters, resulting in 6 1574 square meters of dangerous buildings. Previously, the total area of school buildings in Yushu earthquake zone in Qinghai was 139 175 square meters. In other words, most school buildings in the earthquake zone have collapsed or become dangerous buildings. According to official data, as of the early morning of 16 1.30, the Yushu earthquake had killed 1 15 teachers and students, and 35 people were buried. 38 people are missing. Gao Haibin, deputy director of the Education Department of Qinghai Province, said in response to a reporter's question that when the earthquake occurred, most boarding students were at school, and morning self-study had not yet started, and the students were doing morning exercises. Some day students are on the road, while others are still at home. The current situation is that the newly-built school buildings are intact; However, the previous school buildings were still not strong enough, and Qinghai Education "should be said to owe a lot of money". After the Wenchuan earthquake, China * * * launched the national primary and secondary school building safety project, urging all localities to thoroughly investigate the quality of school buildings and transform old school buildings that do not meet the requirements. The Amendment to the Law on Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Mitigation, which came into effect in May 2009, also clearly stipulates that for the completed construction projects such as schools and hospitals, if no seismic fortification measures are taken or the seismic fortification measures do not meet the seismic fortification requirements, the seismic performance shall be appraised and necessary seismic reinforcement measures shall be taken. Unfortunately, however, the implementation varies from place to place. Gao Haibin said that Yushu County completed the Ninth Five-Year Plan the year before last. In the past two years, the national school building projects were mainly carried out in four other counties in Yushu Prefecture that have not completed the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and new school buildings are also in these counties. He said, it's not that we didn't follow the requirements of the country, we can only do it step by step. Compared with Wenchuan earthquake, the performance of the scientific community has improved after Yushu earthquake. Wenchuan earthquake, many people don't know that Beichuan is actually the hardest hit area for some time after the earthquake, and the rescue work has been greatly affected. The so-called intensity refers to the destructive power of earthquakes on the ground and buildings. Only half an hour after the Wenchuan earthquake, the US Geological Survey (USGS) automatically generated a rough intensity distribution map. Two hours after the earthquake, at 15, the US Geological Survey has marked the general direction and length of the fault on this map, clearly showing that the intensity of Beichuan County is equivalent to Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County. Liu Jie said frankly that before the Wenchuan earthquake, the earthquake department of China only studied the intensity quick report, and the response of the intensity quick report was very slow, so we might miss the best rescue time. "The Wenchuan earthquake has taught us a profound lesson in the quick report of intensity." He also said that after the Wenchuan earthquake, the China earthquake department attached great importance to the time of quick report of intensity. "After the Yushu earthquake, basically two or three hours later, we saw the whole rupture process and had a general idea of the rescue and evaluation of the next earthquake. Of course, Liu Jie pointed out that there is still a gap between China and the United States. After the Wenchuan earthquake, it was not only the intensity report that left regret. Li Xiaowen, an academician of China Academy of Sciences, once wrote an article lamenting: "Premier Wen went to the disaster area and took photos of his work on the plane, but he still had a map in his hand, not a map of the present situation from remote sensing! We are engaged in remote sensing and we really want to drill a hole in the ground. "In the Yushu earthquake, remote sensing researchers obviously don't want to leave regrets. Less than 2 pm on the day of the earthquake, the remote sensing plane of the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences took off from Mianyang Airport in Sichuan, and began to acquire the first batch of high-resolution remote sensing images with a spatial resolution of 40 cm in the earthquake-stricken area at 3: 30 pm. However, many scientific facts about the Yushu earthquake are still unclear. The focal depth is a mystery. After the Yushu earthquake, the focal depth announced by China Seismological Bureau at the first time was 33km, and the data released by USGS was about10km. The focal depth calculated by Professor Ni Sidao of China University of Science and Technology is more than ten kilometers. The focal depth is very important for judging the destructive power of an earthquake. Generally speaking, the destructive power decreases with the increase of focal depth. Of course, Zhou Yongsheng, a researcher at the Institute of Geology, Seismological Bureau of China, told this reporter that for a large earthquake, the focal depth changes by 20 kilometers, and the destructive power may not be obviously different, because the destructive power is also related to the foundation and structure of the building. According to Zhou Yongsheng, the initial earthquake parameters are calculated by computer programs, and the average model is usually used, so the focal depth data may be inaccurate. This has no substantial influence on the preliminary judgment of magnitude and epicenter, but it is very useful for earthquake emergency. He also said that the depth location of the earthquake is a difficult problem. That is, the recorded seismic waves are used to calculate the crustal structure in the actual area strictly, and the depths given by different methods are also different. After the focal depth of Wenchuan earthquake is relocated, the values given are mostly between 14km ~ 19km. It's not the 33 kilometers given at the beginning. Some researchers said that the shortage of earthquake monitoring stations in Yushu area is also a factor affecting the calculation of focal depth and the acquisition of information before and after the earthquake. Liu Jie said that due to the limitation of funds and manpower, most earthquake monitoring stations are currently built in relatively densely populated areas. Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, located in Sanjiangyuan, has majestic Kunlun Mountain and Tanggula Mountain. The famous Hoh Xil Nature Reserve is also located above 0.4000 meters above sea level, and many places are sparsely populated, so it is difficult to establish earthquake monitoring stations. In fact, Chen from the Institute of Geology, Seismological Bureau of China told this reporter that even if monitoring is strengthened, it is probably still impossible to predict the Yushu earthquake, "because earthquake prediction is indeed an unsolved world problem". Many experts stressed that under the background that it is difficult to make a breakthrough in earthquake prediction at present, seismic fortification is fundamental.