The China Post
Date: July 11, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Various individuals and organizations across party lines pledged both financial and material support over the weekend for typhoon-battered Taitung.

Typhoon Nepartak unleashed destruction across much of Eastern Taiwan, with Taitung County hit most seriously. Agriculture and property damage in the county alone are estimated at over NT$720 million (approx. US$22.3 million).

New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫), who sent heavy machinery from Taiwan’s largest municipality to the eastern county to clear away storm debris also contributed NT$200,000 in financial support Sunda     [FULL  STORY]