Chinese city donates medical masks to StJMC
WESTERN BUREAU:
YANGSEN LI, the chairman of the ChinaMontego Bay Sister City Committee, earlier this week donated 20,000 medical face masks to the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on behalf of the people of the city of Zhuhai in the People’s Republic of China.
In making the presentation, Li said the people and Government of China were happy to be able to provide muchneeded assistance to the people of Montego Bay and the wider St James, to help in managing the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, which has created massive dislocation all over the world.
“I would like to thank the people of Zhuhai and Zhuhai Municipal Government for donating these 20,000 medical masks to its sister city Montego Bay,”Li said during the handover ceremony at the StJMC building. “We hope it will help control and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“We also believe that this will further strengthen the relationship between the city of Montego Bay and the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone,” added Li.
The masks were delivered as part of a commitment made at the signing of a memorandum of understanding to initiate the China-Montego Bay Sister City relationship with the city of Zhuhai in February, the third city in China to be twinned with Montego Bay.
Montego Bay also shares sister-city relationships with the cities of Hangzhou and Yiwu.
Montego Bay Mayor Leeroy Williams thanked the people of Zhuhai for their continued support and commitment towards helping to drive the spirit of cooperation between the two cities as the world continues to battle the coronavirus.
According to Williams, the masks will be distributed through the respective councillors, the Ministry of Health & Wellness, the custos, the Ministry of Education, and the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
“I want to express our profound thanks to the city of Zhuhai in the People’s Republic of China for the presentation of these masks, which I am sure will help to control and prevent the spread of COVID19,” said Williams. “I am also sure this will further strengthen the ties of mutual relationship that we have with Zhuhai.”
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some 88,000 Jamaicans have been inflicted with the virus, which has killed 2,217 persons locally up to Thursday, including more than 200 in St James.