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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved from the Disaster Relief Fund a grant of $3.093 million to Oxfam Hong Kong for providing relief to flood victims in Tamil Nadu, India.
Announcing the grant today (December 28), a spokesman for the HKSAR Government said that the Committee hoped that the grant would facilitate the provision of timely relief to the victims and help them restore their normal living. To ensure that the money would be used for the designated purposes, Oxfam Hong Kong would be asked to submit an evaluation report and an audited account on the use of the grant after the relief project has been completed.
Ends/Monday, December 28, 2015
Issued at HKT 14:00
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