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).
The death toll from the earthquake has risen to 4,611, according
to Indonesian government's official data released Sunday. The quake
also 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 29, 2006)
