The Hong Kong government Thursday approved three grants totaling 4.918 million HK dollars ( about 634,580 U.S. dollars) to three relief agencies for providing relief to typhoon victims in the Philippines.
The Hong Kong government has approved two grants from the Disaster Relief Fund totaling 5.48 million HK dollars (706,549 U.S. dollars) to two relief agencies to undertake relief projects for victims of drought and flooding on the Chinese mainland, a government spokesman said Friday.