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Singapore pledges disaster relief aid to Indonesia
SINGAPORE: Singapore has pledged to send an aid package to Indonesia worth US$50,000, to assist with the Mentawai tsunami and Merapi eruptions, a consul says
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INGAPORE: Singapore has pledged to send an aid package to Indonesia worth US$50,000, to assist with the Mentawai tsunami and Merapi eruptions, a consul says.
Gavin Chay, a Singapore consulate official in Pekanbaru, said the humanitarian aid package would be handed over through the Singapore Red Cross and Mercy Relief.
“Each will provide US$25,000 for tsunami and Merapi victims,” Chay tol The Jakarta Post on Monday.
He expressed his government’s concerns over the disasters that have claimed hundreds of lives in Mentawai, West Sumatra, and 38 in Yogyakarta.
“The government of Singapore will continue to monitor the two disasters,” he said.
Singapore is also involved in the Aceh reconstruction program, Chay said.
“We have recently completed the construction of a hospital in Aceh, and handed it over to the local administration,” he said.
Aceh was hit by a tsunami in 2004, which killed hundreds of thousands of people. — JP
