Chinese Red Cross to make third donation to tsunami-hit countries
31/12/2004 11:08
The Red Cross Society of China has decided to offer another emergent donation
totaled US$340,000d for the six severely tsunami-hit countries including Sri
Lanka, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Myanmar and Maldives. It is the third time
for the Chinese Red Cross Society to donate for the disaster-hit areas with a
total value of 640 thousand US dollars. It called for the whole country to
provide humanitarian aid for those disaster-hit countries, and asked the red
cross at all levels to raise donation. It also released its account number for
the donation. The Chinese Red Cross Society has made its first and second
donation to the disaster-hit areas on Dec. 27 and Dec. 30. The death toll
from the Sunday's powerful 8.7-degree earthquake and the tsunami has reached
87,000, while the figure kept increasing.
Xinhua
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