Chinese mainland donates $142 mln to typhoon-hit Taiwan_English

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland has so far donated at least 968.9 million yuan (about 142 million U.S. dollars) to typhoon victims in Taiwan, a mainland official said Wednesday.

The donation came from all circles on the mainland, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Yang Yi said at a press conference.

More than 100 million yuan of the donation has been forwarded to the island for disaster relief, according to Yang.

The rest of the fund would be transferred to the Taiwan side mainly by the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and the Red Cross Society for rehabilitation, he said.

Yang pledged the mainland would continue its efforts to aid their habilitation of typhoon-battered areas in Taiwan if asked.

A mainland Red Cross Society delegation ended a five-day visit to the island Monday.

Morakot, the worst typhoon to hit Taiwan in nearly 50 years, ravaged the island in early August, leaving about 700 people dead or missing and forcing the evacuation of thousands.

Chinese mainland donates 176 mln yuan to typhoon hit Taiwan

Workers unload relief materials from China's mainland after the special flight arrived at Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan Province, Aug. 18, 2009. The batch of the relief aid, including 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizers, would be rushed to the Typhoon Morakot seriously-stricken areas in the island.

Workers unload relief materials from China's mainland after the special flight arrived at Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan Province, Aug. 18, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland has so far donated about 176 million yuan (26 million U.S. dollars) and 25 million yuan of disaster relief materials to Typhoon Morakot-stricken Taiwan, said State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Fan Liqing on Wednesday.

"The mainland wants genuinely and sincerely to help Taiwan people, and has provided good quality relief materials," Fan said. Full story

Mainland standing by to send helicopter to Taiwan for typhoon relief: officials

The special flight for relief materials from China's mainland arrives at Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan Province, Aug. 18, 2009. The batch of the relief aid, including 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizers, would be rushed to the Typhoon Morakot seriously-stricken areas in the island.

The special flight for relief materials from China's mainland arrives at Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan Province, Aug. 18, 2009. The batch of the relief aid, including 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizers, would be rushed to the Typhoon Morakot seriously-stricken areas in the island.(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING/TAIPEI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland is on standby to send a civilian helicopter to Taiwan to aid typhoon relief efforts there, mainland officials said Wednesday.

Fan Liqing, spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, told a press conference in Beijing that the Mi-26 heavy transport helicopter, owned by a private company on the mainland, can fly to Taiwan "at any time." Full story

Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou thanks mainland, int'l society for aid

TAIPEI, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday expressed gratitude to the Chinese mainland and the international community for typhoon disaster relief aid.

Ma said at a press conference he would review Taiwan's disaster prevention system and improve the efficiency of the relief work. Full story

Mainland sends second batch of disaster relief materials to Taiwan

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland sent the second batch of disaster relief materials to typhoon Morakot-battered Taiwan by air Tuesday.

The materials include more than 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizers, said Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at the Beijing Capital International Airport. Full story

Prefabricated houses donated by Chinese mainland on their way to typhoon-hit area in Taiwan

The container trucks loaded with 100 makeshift houses in initial relief aid offered by mainland China wait for departure at Kaohsiung port in southeast China's Taiwan Province, August 18, 2009. (Xinhua)
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KAOHSIUM, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 100 prefabricated houses donated by Shenzhen, a port city in south China, arrived in Taiwan's Kaohsiung port Tuesday afternoon and was soon transported to the area destroyed by Typhoon Morakot in Pingtung County.

The houses will be delivered to local authorities to help residents displaced by the typhoon that has so far claimed at least 127 lives on the island. Full story

Chinese mainland donates prefabricated houses to Typhoon-hit Taiwan

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.

People attend a donation ceremony for the typhoon-hit Taiwan at Yantian Port in Shenzhen, a booming city in south China, Aug. 17, 2009. (Xinhua/Wu Jun)
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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).