HONG KONG -- In view of a recent 6.2-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Jishishan County of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Gansu Province, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Friday approved under the Disaster Relief Fund five disaster relief applications, amounting to total grants of about 33 million HK dollars (about 4.22 million U.S. dollars), from five organizations.

The earthquake resulted in serious causalities and infrastructure damage in Gansu and Qinghai. (Hong Kong-Earthquake-Relief)

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MACAO -- Various walks of society in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) has donated actively to the earthquake-hit region in northwest China's Gansu Province.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu at midnight Monday. (Macao-Earthquake-Relief)

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -- Gao Yunlong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and chairman of the China Foundation for Peace and Development, visited Brunei on Dec. 21-22 at the invitation of the Brunei-China Friendship Association.

During the visit, Gao met with Brunei's Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Manaf and President of the Brunei-China Friendship Association Mohd Firdaus, exchanging views on promoting China-Brunei relations and increasing people-to-people exchanges and cultural exchanges. (Brunei-Gao Yunlong-Visit)

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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in an apparent move to restore public trust amid the growing political slush fund scandal within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) factions, replaced two LDP executives on Friday.

Former Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai was tapped as policy chief to succeed Koichi Hagiuda, while former Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada replaced the party's Diet Affairs Committee Chair Tsuyoshi Takagi. (Japan-Scandal)

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SEOUL -- One person was killed and 15 others were injured on Friday as a bus hit a high number of people at a bus station in South Korea, according to local media reports.

The accident occurred at around 1:27 p.m. local time at the bus transfer stand of the station in Suwon, about 30 km south of Seoul. (South Korea-Bus-Hit) Enditem

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