Chinese health care professionals dole out medine in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, on Saturday as a three-member team from Macau arrived to offer aid in the tsunami-hit region -- Xinhua

Chinese people have given nearly 125 million yuan (US$15.1 million) to the tsunami-hit Asian countries.
The special office coordinating non-government donations under the Ministry of Civil Affairs said the figure reached 124.83 million yuan at 4pm yesterday.
The red Cross Society of China, the China Charity Foundation and their local operations collected the money.
The red Cross Society of China said it had received more than 100 million yuan by noon on Saturday.
It said ordinary Chinese people were greatly concerned for the tsunami victims in the South and Southeast Asian nations.
A couple who refused to give their names made the biggest contribution of 5 million yuan on Friday, said Red Cross spokesman Wang Xiaohua.
Wang said the first US$2 million collected has been given to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Maldives.
He said US$600,000 went to Indonesia, US$500,000 to Sri Lanka, US$400,000 to Thailand and US$300,000 to the Maldives.
Additional relief materials including medicine, pure water and clothes will be airlifted to the disaster-hit countries soon.
Three chinese medical teams are working in some of these countries and more are ready to go at any time, Wang said.
A spokesman for the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China's biggest bank, said the bank has given 1 million yuan via the Red Cross.
The state Development Bank has given 14.9 million yuan, the biggest sum by a social institution.
Meanwhile, three medical professionals from the Macau Special Administrative Region of China arrived in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, on Saturday to reinforce a Chinese medical team that has worked in the tsunami-hit region for a week.
The three volunteers - a specialist in general surgery, a physician experienced in intensive care and a first-aid nurse - started work yesterday despite a 19-hour trip by plane and car.
Wang bingqiang, head of the Chinese medical team, said their arrival would help his team take on more work.
"With more physicians here, we can also take turns to have a rest during heavy work," he added.
Wang said the three also brought badly needed medicines such as disinfectants and antibiotics, which could effectively ease the drug shortage faced by the team.
The first batch of 14 Chinese medical rescuers arrived last Monday at Hikkaduwa, a southern coastal town that was among the hardest hit regions in the tsunamis on December 26.
They have treated more than 800 local people.
On saturday, medics and social workers from South Korea, Greece and Cuba also arrived to join relief efforts.
In hong Kong, a jersey with signatures from players of the English soccer club Manchester United was paid 288,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$36,900) yesterday at a charity auction for victims of the tsunami disaster.
An autographed jersey by the English national team also raised HK$228,000 at the auction held by the Hong Kong Football Association during a match between the Hong Kong team and a squad from Guangdong Province.
A pair of sports shoes belonging to Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow fetched HK$100,000.
Around 40 support team members will continue to provide services to HK residents in Thailand, though the team's deployment is to be adjusted, according to the Hong Kong government.
In view of a decreased demand for services, about 30 team members left Thailand for Hong Kong on Saturday.
The help desks set up in Phuket and Bangkok International Airport are operating during busy hours only. The multi-disciplinary support team will also maintain its presence in hospitals where Hong Kong residents are staying, it said.