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The Government has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved a grant of $2.5 million from the Disaster Relief Fund to World Vision Hong Kong to undertake an emergency relief project for snowstorm victims in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on the Mainland.
Announcing the grant today (February 9), a government spokesman said that the Committee hoped the grant would help provide relief to the victims.
"To ensure that the money will be used for the designated purposes, the relief agency has been asked to submit an evaluation report and audited account on the use of the grant after the relief project has been completed," the spokesman said.
Ends/Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Issued at HKT 16:22
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