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Typhoon Ketsana
September 29, 2009
STATEMENT BY ALICE WONG ON TYPHOON KETSANA
RICHMOND – Alice Wong, MP for Richmond and Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism, would like to express her condolences for the victims of Typhoon Ketsana, which struck the Philippine mainland on September 26, 2009.
Alice Wong stated, “I am deeply saddened for the loss of life suffered by those victimized by the typhoon. I will continue working with the Ministry of International Cooperation in Ottawa, and the local Filipino community to find ways to assist with this natural disaster.”
Typhoon Ketsana brought extremely heavy rains, and exceeded the record for rainfall in the metropolitan Manila area, leading to the worst flooding in recent history.
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