Relief supplies arrive in tsunami-hit Tonga


Precious cargo: A vessel carrying the emergency aid from China to Tonga. — Xinhua

SUVA: China’s relief supplies worth one million yuan (about RM659,690) have arrived in Tonga’s capital city of Nuku’alofa.

According to Cao Yongjun, a Suva-based representative of China National Fisheries (Group) Corporation, CNFC’s two fishing boats carrying the emergency supplies are currently docking in the Vuna wharf of Nuku’alofa for unloading.

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