4,600 killed in Indonesia quake; China offers aid
(AP/Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-28 08:32 China to offer US$2m aid
The Chinese government decided on Saturday to offer an urgent aid of 2
million U.S. dollars 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 a.m. local time
on Saturday morning (2255 GMT Friday).
The death toll from the earthquake has exceeded 3,000, said Indonesia's
social affairs ministry. The quake also left 1,017 people seriously injured and
872 others lightly injured and 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.
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