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RELIEF SUPPLIES LEAVE FOR CHINA
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987
THE THIRD AND THE LARGEST CONSIGNMENT OF RELIEF SUPPLIES FOR VICTIMS OF THE FOREST FIRE DISASTER IN HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE WILL BE TRANSPORTED BY KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TO CHINA EARLY TOMORROW (FRIDAY) MORNING.
THE ARTICLES, COSTING MORE THAN $4 MILLION, COMPRISED 1,250 TONNES OF RICE, 280 TONNES OF CANNED MEAT AND 2.8 TONNES OF BISCUITS.
THE 1,533 TONNES OF FOOD SUPPLIES WILL LEAVE HUNG HOM STATION ON 27 GOODS WAGONS AT 6.14 AM TOMORROW AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE PROJECT FOR RECEIVING FOREST DIASTER RELIEF UNDER THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FORESTRY IN SEVEN TO NINE DAYS.
FINANCE
APPROVAL FOR $5 MILLION OF RELIEF FUNDS BY THE COMMITTEE WAS SOUGHT FOLLOWING AN APPEAL THREE WEEKS AGO BY THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FORESTRY TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ΤΟ HELP THE 50,000 MADE HOMELESS BY THE FIRES AND THE THOUSANDS INJURED IN COMBATTING THE FIRES.
TWO PLANE-LOADS OF RELIEF ITEMS CONSISTING OF BLANKETS, DISPOSABLE SYRINGES, HOSPITAL AIR MATTRESSES, MEDICINE, FOOD SUPPLIES AND BLEACHING AGENT HAD ALREADY BEEN FLOWN TO CHINA ON JUNE 2 AND JUNE 5 THROUGH COURTESY OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ARRANGED FOR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LOADING OF THE RELIEF SUPPLIES ON THE GOODS WAGONS AT THE KOWLOON GOODS YARD OF THE KCRC IN HUNG HOM AT 1.30 PM TODAY (THURSDAY).
PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR KEN WOODHOUSE, WILL BE ON HAND TO BRIEF MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ON THE EXERCISE.
THOSE COVERING THE EVENT ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE GATEWAY OF THE KOWLOON GOODS YARD NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL OFF SALISBURY ROAD AT 1.15 PM.
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