Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee

Membership

Terms of Reference

Guidelines for Grants from the Disaster Relief Fund ^{[PDF file]}

Disaster Relief Fund Annual Report

• 2007-08 ^{[PDF file]}
• 2006-07 ^{[PDF file]}
• 2005-06 ^{[PDF file]}

Press Releases

• 2008
• 2007
• 2006

Membership

(Appointed by the Chief Executive)

Chairman

Chief Secretary for Administration (ex-officio)

Members

The Honourable Victor LO Chung-wing, G.B.S., J.P.

Prof the Honourable Anthony CHEUNG Bing-leung, B.B.S., J.P.

The Honourable Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun, G.B.S., J.P.

The Honourable WONG Sing-chi

Mr Michael LAI Kam-cheung, M.H., J.P.

Mr Irving KOO Yee-yin, S.B.S., J.P.

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (ex-officio)

Secretary for Labour and Welfare (ex-officio)

Secretary

Mr. Wilfred WU (Principal Executive Officer (Administration))

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Terms of Reference

• To advise on the policy and practices regarding the disbursements from the Disaster Relief Fund for disaster relief outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

• To advise on the award of grants of specified amounts from the Disaster Relief Fund to specified recipients.

• To monitor the use of grants by the recipients of the disbursements from the Disaster Relief Fund.

Press Releases 2008

• More emergency relief grants approved for flood victims in India [30 September 2008]

• Emergency relief for flood victims in India [12 September 2008]

• Emergency relief grant approved for Sichuan earthquake victims [13 August 2008]

• Another emergency relief grant approved for earthquake victims in Sichuan [3 July 2008]

• Another emergency relief grant approved for Myanmar cyclone victims [11 June 2008]

• More emergency relief grants approved for earthquake victims in three provinces [11 June 2008]

• More tents on way to Sichuan [5 June 2008]

• Emergency relief for cyclone victims in Myanmar approved [30 May 2008]

• Tents on way to Sichuan [29 May 2008]

• Emergency relief grant approved for earthquake victims in three provinces [27 May 2008]

• Hong Kong relief supplies on way to Sichuan [22 May 2008]

• New emergency relief grant approved for Mainland earthquake victims [20 May 2008]

• More emergency relief funds approved for Mainland earthquake victims [15 May 2008]

• $272.34 million released for disaster relief outside Hong Kong in 2007-08 [2 May 2008]
  
  
• Emergency relief for snowstorm victims in Guangxi and Yunnan [1 April 2008]

• Emergency relief grants approved for snowstorm victims on the Mainland [29 February 2008]

• Emergency relief grant approved for Mainland snowstorm victims [18 February 2008]

• More emergency relief funds approved for Mainland snowstorm victims [5 February 2008]

• Government approves disaster relief grants for Mainland snowstorm victims [5 February 2008]

• Government approves emergency relief for snowstorm victims in the Mainland [1 February 2008]

Press Releases 2007

• Government approves emergency relief for cyclone victims in Bangladesh [24 December 2007]
  
  
• Emergency relief approved for cyclone victims in Bangladesh [5 December 2007]

• Emergency relief for flood victims in Nepal [11 September 2007]

• Emergency relief for earthquake victims in Peru [3 September 2007]

• Emergency relief for flood victims in South Asia [22 August 2007]

• Emergency relief for flood victims on the Mainland [2 August 2007]

• Emergency relief for cyclone and flood victims in Pakistan [24 July 2007]

• Emergency relief for flood victims on the Mainland [27 June 2007]

• Emergency relief for earthquake victims in Yunnan Province [14 June 2007]

• $19.88 million for disaster relief outside Hong Kong in 2006-07 [20 April 2007]

Press Releases 2006

• Emergency relief for typhoon victims in the Philippines [19 December 2006]

• Emergency relief for drought victims in Sichuan Province [19 September 2006]

• Emergency relief for Mainland flood victims [1 August 2006]

• Emergency relief for flood victims in Hunan Province [14 July 2006]

• Emergency relief for flood victims in Guizhou and Jiangxi [10 July 2006]

• A total of $10.88 million of emergency relief for quake victims in Indonesia [30 June 2006]

• Relief for quake victims in Indonesia [19 June 2006]

• Relief grants of 7.9m for quake victims in Indonesia [13 June 2006]

• HK relief supplies on way to Indonesia [6 June 2006]

• CG and relief agencies approached on relief aid to earthquake victims [29 May 2006]

• $18 million for disaster relief outside Hong Kong in 2005-06 [10 May 2006]

• Emergency relief for drought victims in Ethiopia [22 March 2006]

• Emergency relief for earthquake victims in Jiangxi Province [4 Jan 2006]

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