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(Xinhua News Agency June 7, 2008) China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has said that children orphaned by the Sichuan massive earthquake would be under 2,000,aoc power leveling although local governments have not yet verified identity of all unclaimed children. Zhang Shifeng of the ministry said Friday that there are more than 1,000 such children, including those who lost their parents during the earthquake,cheapest wow gold whose identities have not yet been verified, and orphans who have already been claimed by their surviving relatives. The 8.0-magnitude tremor in Sichuan Province claimed at least 69,age of conan power leveling130 lives, left another 17,cheap wow gold824 missing,buy 2moons dil injured 374,031 people and made millions homeless. "Our numbers are all but precise due to ineffective communication with the most remote areas hit by the quake," Zhang said. "We have not yet successfully contacted some mountainous villages after the quake," he said. He said the ministry will do what it can to facilitate the adoption of the quake orphans,buy wow gold though the work has to wait until the exact number of orphans is worked out. He also said the Sichuan Provincial Civil Affairs Bureau will take the major responsibility in handling adoption cases. Shortly after the quake happened, people from both home and abroad showed intention of adopting quake orphans, while making huge donations to the quake-hit areas.

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Public buildings such as schools and hospitals will be constructed to higher earthquake-resistance standards, a senior construction official said Thursday. "We've started research and will draft detailed quake-resistance codes for such buildings," Qi Ji, vice-minister of housing and urban-rural development, told a news briefing organized by the State Council Information Office. He said the codes will be based on geographic analysis from the State Seismological Bureau and scientific construction methods. Although Qi admitted that tougher building standards should be used in reconstruction,aoc power leveling he disputed the assertion that a disproportionate number of schools had collapsed,cheap wow gold saying "other public buildings and homes had also collapsed". Many people, especially aggrieved parents who lost their children in the quake, have questioned the quality of school buildings as many of them collapsed in the quake, killing thousands. They are also calling for an increase in the quake-resistance level of these public structures. Experts, however, say that standards are one thing, and implementation is another. "The quake-resistance level for Wenchuan's buildings is rated Degree 7, but based on what I've seen on-site, the buildings are far from this level,age of conan power leveling" a professor at the Beijing Construction and Engineering Research Institute,buy wow gold Liu Hang, said. "The key is implementation." At yesterday's briefing, Qi also said that authorities are focusing on the goal of producing 1 million prefabricated temporary housing units within three months, a task that would require a "round the clock" effort. Latest official figures show that the 26,730 makeshift shelters had been set up by Wednesday,buy 2moons dil and another 14,353 are being erected. A further 68,448 are waiting to be assembled in the disaster-hit areas. Qi said with nationwide assistance, the country can now produce about 15,000 to 18,000 makeshift housing units every day, but assembly speed is only 5,000 a day. "We'll try our best to make the assembly speed match production," he said. Qi acknowledged that because of the huge demand for makeshift houses, there was a shortage of some raw materials such as color coated steel sheets and Polystyrene. To ease the shortage, Qi said his ministry and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission had jointly issued an emergency notice, requiring some big State-owned companies to work around the clock to produce the materials in short supply. He said the temporary houses could be used for three to five years,cheapest wow gold and the central budget will cover most of the expenditure of the 1 million housing units, while donations will pay for about 10 percent.