FACTBOX-Earthquake aid pledges for China
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May 20 (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday the official death toll from the 7.9 magnitude quake has risen to 39,500 people in Sichuan province.
Authorities say they expect the final toll for the May 12 quake, the worst to hit China in three decades, to exceed 50,000.
Here are some of the aid pledges that have been made to date.
CHINA:
- 13.9 billion yuan ($2 billion) with 12.5 billion yuan in cash and 1.4 yuan in relief supplies.
- Sports star and Houston Rockets centre Yao Ming gave two million yuan ($214,000) and half a million yuan to the Red Cross Society of China.
- Hong Kong: HK$316 million ($40 million) from the government, after further HK$5 million announced Tuesday. HK$30 million ($3.8 million) from the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
- Macau: 100 million yuan ($14.3 million) from the government and 10 million yuan from the Macau Foundation.
COUNTRIES AND REGIONS:
- Albania: $40,000.
- Australia: Doubled initial contribution to A$2 million ($1.9 million) on Tuesday.
- Belgium: 650,000 euros ($1 million).
- Britain: 1 million pounds ($1.95 million).
- Canada: C$1 million (about $1 million) through Red Cross.
- European Commission: 2 million euros ($3.10 million)
- France: 130,000 euros ($195,000) of relief materials, on top of initial cargo plane that carried 250,000 euros (about $386,000) worth of materials to Chengdu.
- Germany: 500,000 euros (about $772,000).
- India: $5 million.
- Italy: 1.5 million euros ($2.3 million) of relief materials, on top of initial 500,000 euros (about $772,000) aid.
- Japan: $4.8 million in cash and goods. Two rescue teams -- the first Japanese government teams to carry out relief operations in China -- arrived in Sichuan on Friday.
- Jordan: Sending planeload of aid.
- Mongolia: $50,000.
- New Zealand: NZ$500,000 ($404,900) to Red Cross for aid.
- Pakistan: Two military planes arrived in Chengdu on Friday evening carrying tents, blankets, bottled water and medicines.
- Philippines: Plans to send a medical team.
- Poland: $100,000.
- Russia: Four plane-loads of 130 tonnes of relief material. On Friday a plane carrying the 49 Russian rescue and medical personnel arrived; on Tuesday more medical staff arrived.
- Samoa: $100,000.
- Saudi Arabia: $50 million cash; $10 million of aid materials started arriving Tuesday.
- Singapore: $200,000. A rescue team.
- Slovenia: 100,000 euros.
- South Korea: $4 million worth of relief goods announced Tuesday, in addition to $1 million already pledged.
- Spain: One million euros ($1.5 million). A plane load of aid materials arrived on Saturday.
- Taiwan: T$2 billion ($71 million) from the outgoing Democratic Progressive Party government; T$2.2 billion from public. On Thursday, a chartered aircraft flew to Sichuan with relief materials. Four-hour telethon attended by President-elect Ma Ying-jeou raised T$227 million ($7.4 million) on Sunday. Taiwan Red Cross medical team arrived Tuesday afternoon.
- Thailand: $500,000.
- Turkey: $2 million.
- United States: $1 million worth of materials on top of $500,000 initial contribution. Two U.S. military planes arrived in Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu on Sunday with food, tents and other aid.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS:
- The International Olympic Committee: $1 million.
- Oxfam: $1.55 million for emergency relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Sources: Reuters, Chinese, Taiwan and Hong Kong media, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Oxfam website. ($1 = 6.991 Yuan) (Compiled by Guo Shipeng and Gillian Murdoch; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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