Centre set up for foreign donations
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The Foreign Ministry has set up a centre to accept donations from foreign countries as part of the National Flood Relief Centre.
Thani Thongpakdi, the ministry’s spokesman, said yesterday that the centre had already received Bt500,000 from the Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 100,000 sandbags from the Australian Embassy, an offer of life vests from the Japan-based Association of Medical Doctors of Asia and Bt82,622 from the Hoopoe Bird Foundation.
Meanwhile, Thai embassies in Riyadh, Tehran, Dubai and Vancouver have raised Bt151,224 in donations from Thai expatriates.
