Rescuers move an elderly person to safety in Weihui city, central China's Henan province, July 28, 2021. Weihui suffered from severe urban waterlogging due to extremely heavy rainfall. (LI AN / XINHUA)
HONG KONG – The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Monday announced a grant of HK$8.519 million (about US$1.09 million) for providing relief to flood victims in central China's Henan province.
The HKSAR government has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved the grant to two relief organizations, which will provide flour, rice, cooking oil and quilts to benefit around 62,800 victims, a spokesman of the HKSAR government said.
The committee hopes the grants will facilitate the provision of timely relief to the victims and help them restore their normal living, the spokesman said.
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