President-elect Ma Ying-jeou, who will assume office next Tuesday, kicked off the nationwide fund-raising campaign by making a personal donation of NT$200,000 on Tuesday.

both Ma and Hsieh called for continuous contributions to help with the massive relief operations.

Premier Chang Chun-hsiung announced that the government will provide NT$2 billion for the relief effort.

The project will be carried out in two stages.

The first phase of the plan will include NT$700 million cash plus NT$100 million worth of rice and food items for immediate use.

The shipment 2,000 tons of rice will be arranged by the Council of Agriculture.

The second phase of the project will cover a fund of NT$1.2 billion for post-quake reconstruction.

Chang said all public servants will contribute one day of their pay to raise the fund from both public and private sources.

He said the relief campaign will be continued by the new administration to be led by the new president.

The Cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council has opened a special fund account at the Bank of Taiwan with the "003004291972" number at all branches of the government-owned bank.

Taiwan's entrepreneurs and companies have already joined the fund contribution campaign.

Retired petrochemicals tycoon Wang Yung-ching, founder of the Formosa Plastics Corporation, has pledged 100 million renminbi (US$14.35 million) in aid.

Other business enterprises that have made pledges for various amounts of donations include the Hon Hai Group, the Ruentex Group, the Uni-President Enterprises Group, the Cathay Group, the Fubon Group, the Mitac Group, the Wei-Chuan Group, and the Wan Wan Group.

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