China, Singapore and the United States will be sending in various supplies for Malaysians affected by the floods. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 7, 2015.Three countries will be sending humanitarian aid to help Malaysia as it struggles to deal with the worst flooding it has seen in more than a decade.Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said they were China, Singapore and the United States.He said Singapore had supplied water purifying machines to be used in flood hit states while China would be sending tents for flood victims to use."The United States has contacted Malaysia to find out the requirements needed to help the flood victims."This is an advantage to us but we cannot depend entirely on outside aid and these are merely additional assistance besides the contribution received from the rakyat," he told reporters in Subang yesterday.He was speaking to reporters after witnessing the handing over of flood relief contributions from the Malaysian Armed Forces Family Welfare Association (Bakat) by his wife, Datin Seri Tengku Marsilla Tengku Abdullah to Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim, the women, family and community development minister.He said 312 flights made possible with Malaysian Armed Forces assets under “Ops Murni" helped transport 748.6 tons of supplies for distribution to victims in flood-affected states.He said the Flood Relief Supplies Collection Centre at the Subang Air Base had received about 3,256 tons of relief supplies from various parties."Of the total, 2,999 tonnes had been distributed by road while the rest have yet to be distributed, as of yesterday."Hishammuddin said, apart from delivery of necessities to flood victims, post-flood process must also be focused upon, adding that various authorities were in the midst of cleaning up badly-affected areas. – Bernama, January 7, 2015.
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