BANGKOK, May 10, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) --The King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej has prepared 2,000 aid sets comprising of food and bedding to help the victims of the cyclone-hit Myanmar, local media said on Saturday.
The aid sets, which cost about 1.08 million baht (about 34,840 U.S. dollars) to the victims, were donated by the Rajaprajanugroh Foundation, a royal foundation under the King, local newspaper Bangkok Post said on its webnews.
The secretary-general of the foundation Prasong Pitoonkijja and the Air Force Chief Chalit Phukphasuk will personally fly to the neighboring country via an air force plane to bring the aids, which weigh about 10 tons altogether, to the victims on Sunday morning, the report said.
Earlier, Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has donated 20 tons of food, relief supplies, electric generators and water purifiers to Myanmar.
More than 22,500 people were killed and 41,000 others went missing when the violent cyclone storm Nargis swept Myanmar's five divisions and states last weekend.