As of Saturday, donations totaling five million yuan
(US$600,000) had been raised by the Red Cross of Chongqing
Municipality for gas blowout victims in Kaixian County.
Of the total, 2.3 million yuan (US$277,000) was from Jwo Joo
Yuen Jin, a Malaysian of Chinese origin, along with the Perfect
Commodity Co, Ltd, which he sets up in Zhongshan City in southern
China's Guangdong Province.
Other donators included the Red Cross of Beijing, the Red Cross
of Shanghai and some local institutions.
The gas blowout accident ten days ago killed 233 people.
(Xinhua News Agency January 4, 2004)