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Report from Formosa Relief Provisions for Turkish Earthquake Victims

After a severe earthquake devastated Turkey on August 17, 1999, The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association immediately contributed tents, sleeping bags, quilts, sleeping pads, and other items to help the needy victims. The relief provisions were airlifted to the affected areas without delay. At the main hall of the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Teoman Surenkok, representative of the Turkish Trade Office in Taipei, accepted the relief supplies in a ceremony presided over by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of China, Mr. Ou Hung-lien. (For details, please refer to related report in News No. 105.)

Relief Provisions for Turkish Earthquake Victims (August 1999)

Source	Items	Amount (NT$)	Receipt No.
1. From Disaster Relief Fund special account of The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association	1,185 tents	829,500	52
	600 sleeping bags	50,500	53
	Air freight charges	268,822	54
	Customs duties/declaration fees	8,175	55
Total amount:		1,156,997 (US$36,156)
Personal goods contributed by fellow practitioners	1,290 tents	N.A.	N.A.
	1,564 sleeping bags
	358 quilts
	433 sleeping pads
Total quantity contributed:	2,475 tents, 2,164 sleeping bags, 358 quilts, 433 sleeping pads		56

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