In this file photo, a man is seen on a boat after his house was flooded, after the flood situation worsened in Munshiganj district, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 25, 2020. (PHOTO / AGENCIES)

HONG KONG - The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Thursday announced a grant of HK$2.218 million (about US$286,180) to provide relief for flood victims in Bangladesh.

HKSAR government accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee, and approved the grant from the Disaster Relief Fund to the Hong Kong Red Cross

As the flooding had affected around 5.5 million people in Bangladesh, the HKSAR government accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee, and approved the grant from the Disaster Relief Fund to the Hong Kong Red Cross, a spokesman of the HKSAR government said.

The grant will be used to provide food kits and hygiene kits to benefit around 37,500 victims. Together with those approved earlier for this flooding in Bangladesh, the grant will take the accumulative value of grants and the number of beneficiaries to HK$9.045 million and 101,250 respectively.

The committee hopes the grants will facilitate the provision of timely relief to the victims and help them restore their normal living, the spokesman said.

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