COPIED AND PASTE.....FROM MANILA TIMES WISH EVERY CENT WILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR.......... GLOBAL AID RESPONSE TO TYPHOON DISASTER Britain boosted its aid to £10 million ($15.8 million) and sent a destroyer from Singapore, as well as a transport plane. Other significant contributions include: -- The United Arab Emirates, which has a large Filipino expatriate community, pledged $10 million. -- The Australian government pledged Aus$10 million ($9.38 million), with a team of medics set to leave Wednesday. -- Tokyo said it would supply $10 million in grants to provide evacuees with emergency shelters and other assistance. It will also send a 40-strong military detachment. -- Indonesia pledged $2 million in cash and emergency supplies, with a Hercules aircraft set to depart Wednesday carrying food, medicines, water filters and generators. -- China, where the typhoon killed several people, is to give $100,000 towards the aid effort. The state-run Global Times said a territorial row with the Philippines should not affect such decisions. -- Taiwan sent two C-130 Hercules transport aircraft carrying relief goods and pledged $200,000 in cash despite its diplomatic row with Manila triggered by the fatal shooting of a fisherman in May by a Filipino coastguard. -- Vietnam, itself faced with mass evacuations as a weakened Haiyan swung through its territory Monday, has offered aid worth $100,000. -- South Korea approved $5 million in emergency aid and dispatched a 40-member team including medical personnel and rescuers to Tacloban. -- Samsung Group donated $1 million dollars through international aid groups and HSBC said it was donating the same sum. -- The European Commission said it would give 13 million euros ($17 million) while India said it was sending an aircraft with 15 tonnes of relief materials. -- Germanys embassy in Manila said an initial shipment of 23 tonnes of aid was being flown in and German rescue teams were already at work. -- New Zealand increased its humanitarian relief to NZ$2.15 million ($1.78 million), Canada has promised up to $5 million to aid organisations, Malaysia readied a relief crew and Singapore offered cash aid. -- UN childrens fund UNICEF sent a cargo plane carrying 60 tonnes of aid including shelters and medical kits while refugee agency UNHCR organised an airlift. -- The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management will send an initial $500,000 in aid from Subang in Malaysia. -- Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said it was sending 329 tonnes of medical and relief items which will arrive in Cebu within the next few days in four cargo planes. - with a report from Agence France-Presse
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