In Yogyakarta in quake hit Indonesia on Sunday China delivered
over 10 million yuan (US$1.25 million) worth of relief
materials.???
Tan Weiwen, minister counselor of the Chinese Embassy in
Indonesia and Paku Alam IX, vice governor of D. I. Yogyakarta,
attended the presentation ceremony as representatives of their
respective central governments.?
The goods, weighing about 100 tons, include medicine, medical
equipment, tents, mattresses, sheets and power
generators.?
The vice governor thanked the Chinese government and people for
the aid saying it was timely and practical for Indonesia's quake
relief work.?
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale struck
Yogyakarta and surrounding areas on May 27 killing over 6,000
people, injuring thousands of others and leaving nearly 200,000
homeless.?
Before sending the relief materials the Chinese government had
offered US$2 million of aid in cash to Indonesia and sent a
40-member relief team composed of seismological experts and medical
workers to the country's hardest-hit Bantul district.
(Xinhua News Agency June 5, 2006)