The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) released $41.53 million from the Disaster Relief Fund in the year ending March 31, 2012 to support government authorities and various relief organisations in providing early relief to victims of major disasters which occurred outside Hong Kong.

The Government has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved a grant of $1 million from the Disaster Relief Fund to Save the Children Hong Kong to undertake a relief project for flood victims in Thailand.

Announcing the grant today (November 21), a Government spokesman said that the committee hoped that the grant would help provide relief to the flood victims in Thailand.

500,000 HKD (approx. 64,000 USD) has been approved to Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) China by the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee of Hong Kong SAR Government to undertake relief projects for flooding victims in Cambodia on 4th Nov.

High levels of rain on the upper Mekong river drainage basin along with seasonal monsoon rains within local provincial areas of Cambodia along with have caused flooding in the entire Mekong River and Tonle Sap lake basins making it the worst flooding in a decade affecting 17 out of 24 provinces.

The Government has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved two grants from the Disaster Relief Fund totalling $7.408 million to enable two relief agencies to undertake relief projects for flood victims in Guizhou, Hunan and Jiangxi.

Announcing the grants today (June 28), a Government spokesman said that the Committee hoped the two grants - one of $3.408 million to The Amity Foundation and one of $4 million to World Vision Hong Kong - would help provide relief to flood victims in the three places.