Chinese aid pours into Philippines' typhoon-hit areas( Xinhua) 20:59, November 20, 2013 MANILA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's aid has kept pouring into hardest-hit areas incentral Philippines as death toll and cost of damages by super typhoon "Haiyan," locallynamed "Yolanda," spiral.
The 73 million pesos (or 10 million Chinese yuan) worth of relief goods, which included10,000 blankets and 2,600 tents, each capable of housing 6-10 people, arrived in Cebucity, a disaster relief distribution center, on Monday and Tuesday respectively and hadbeen turned over to the Philippine side, Chinese embassy in Manila said Wednesday in apress release.
China is also sending more than 80 doctors and nurses to the Philippines' disaster area.The first batch left for Manila Wednesday afternoon.
A charted plane will bring 2,000 tents, medicines and medical devices to the disaster areaon Saturday.
The Chinese government is also sending Navy Peace Ark Hospital Ship, the first 10,000-ton class hospital ship in the world, to the Philippines for medical aid. Peace Ark isequipped with 300 ward beds of various types, including 20 ICU ward beds, 109 wardbeds for serious injuries, 67 burn ward beds, 94 regular ward beds and 10 beds ofquarantine ward.
China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, a well-known non- governmental organization (NGO)named after the late Chinese honorary president, is busy preparing 200 mobile housesvalued at 22.4 million pesos, which will be donated to Leyte, East Samar, and Boholprovinces, the embassy said.
The Chinese companies based in the Philippines have been mobilizing their staff includinglocal ones to extend relief helps to the victims. The Association of Chinese Companies in thePhilippines has donated 7.5 million pesos for buying three payloaders which are much-needed for clean-up of the disaster areas.
Huawei Co., an international front-runner of telecom industry and a major partner ofPhilippine telecom company Globe, has been working around the clock in restoring thelifeline of communication in typhoon-affected areas.
China National Grid Co., the technical partner of National Grid Corporation of thePhilippines (NGCP), has donated 100,000 U.S. dollars to the disaster area. It also offered ahelping hand in restoring the power system of the typhoon-hit areas.
The Chinese embassy also joined the government's efforts in donating 1.2 million worth ofemergency supplies, including radios, emergency lights and flashlights to Leyte and Samardirectly.
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