SHENZHEN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 100
prefabricated houses donated by Shenzhen, a booming city in south China, left
Yantian Port Monday evening for Taiwan's Kaohsiung port.
Shenzhen City government decided to donate 1,000
prefabricated houses, which cover more than 50,000 square meters with a worth of
nearly 20 million yuan (2.9 million U.S. dollars).
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People attend a donation ceremony for
the typhoon-hit Taiwan at Yantian Port in Shenzhen, a booming city in
south China, Aug. 17, 2009. The first batch of 100 prefabricated houses
donated by Shenzhen left Yantian Port Monday evening for Taiwan's
Kaohsiung port. Shenzhen City government decided to donate 1,000
prefabricated houses, which cover more than 50,000 square meters and were
worth nearly 20 million yuan (2.9 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wu
Jun)
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More than 500 workers started producing the houses Saturday and finished the first 100 houses Monday, said Wang Zeming, manager of Shenzhen Yahgee Modular House Co. Ltd.
Morakot, the worst typhoon to hit Taiwan in nearly
five decades, wreaked havoc across central and southern Taiwan.
At least 126 people were killed and 61 others were
still missing by 8 a.m. Monday, according to local disaster response
authorities. Another 45 people were injured.
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A vessel carrying prefabricated houses
donated by Shenzhen prepares to leave Yantian Port in Shenzhen, a booming
city in south China, Aug. 17, 2009. (Xinhua/Wu Jun)
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authorities said the figures excluded villagers in Kaohsiung, with whom they had
lost contact.
China's Red Cross Society announced Monday that it
would donate the second batch of 6.85 million yuan (1 million U.S. dollars) to
Taiwan for disaster relief construction in the areas damaged by typhoon Morakot.
The society provided 15 million yuan to the
typhoon-affected people in Taiwan on Aug. 12 via the Red Cross organization on
the island.
A statement released by the mainland's Red Cross
Society on Monday said it was willing to provide any support and aid possible
for the disaster-hit areas on the island.
Beijing-based All-China Women's Federation sent a
letter of condolence to women's organizations in Taiwan to express the concerns
of women on the mainland to the great loss on the island.
The federation said it had raised 1 million yuan and
would donate the fund to women and children affected by the disaster. The
donation would be conveyed by mainland-based Association for Relations Across
the Taiwan Straits to Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation.
The Red Cross Society of China's southwestern Sichuan
Province, which was hit by the 8.0-magnitude earthquake last year, launched a
ten-day donation-raising campaign which started on Monday.
The provincial civil servants have donated over
200,000 yuan, it said. All the donation will be submitted to the Red Cross
Society of China before sending to its counterpart in Taiwan.
In Zhejiang, managers of the Xitianmu Mountain, the
"sister mountain" of Mount Ali in Taiwan, planned to donate part of the ticket
revenue.
Many prefabricated houses manufacturers in Zhejiang
have been ready to produce more houses whenever the Taiwan compatriots need.
"The Taiwan compatriots and enterprises showed
generosity in helping the quake-relief work last year. Now survivors in Taiwan
are not alone to fight disasters," said Cheng Jianhua, director of the Taiwan
Affairs Office in Jiaxing City. "We are firmly behind them."
Chinese mainland to hold television
fundraiser for Taiwan typhoon
relief
BEIJING, Aug. 17
(Xinhua) -- Five TV stations in the Chinese mainland are organizing a televised
fundraiser on the coming Thursday to raise money for victims of Taiwan's
deadliest typhoon in half a century.
A number of the country's biggest names in the
entertainment industry will be invited, such as directors Zhang Yimou, Chen
Kaige and Feng Xiaogang, actors Jackie Chan and Jet Li, actresses Zhang Ziyi and
Zhou Xun, as well as sports stars Yao Ming and Guo JingJing. Full story
