The Chinese government decided on Saturday to offer an urgent
aid of US$2 million in cash for quake-hit Indonesia.
The Chinese government has told the Indonesian government China
will offer any necessary aid, sources with the Chinese Foreign
Ministry said.
The sources said China will also offer rescue personnel and
materials according to the situation of the disaster.
A powerful earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked
Indonesia's province of Yogyakarta and several parts of Central
Java at 5:55 AM local time on Saturday morning (2255 GMT
Friday).
Officials with the Indonesian Red Cross put the estimated death
toll at 3,500. The quake also left 1,017 people seriously injured
and 872 others lightly injured and caused a total of 3,024 houses
to collapse.
Chinese President Hu Jintao
sent on Saturday a message of condolences to his Indonesian
counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the heavy casualties and
property losses caused by the strong earthquake.
(Xinhua News Agency May 28, 2006)
