Shenzhen donates prefabricated houses to Typhoon-hit Taiwan

The first batch of 100 prefabricated houses donated by Shenzhen, a booming city in southern China, left Yantian Port Monday evening for Taiwan's Kaohsiung port.

People attend a donation ceremony for the typhoon-hit Taiwan at  Yantian Port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Aug 17, 2009.

The Shenzhen government decided to donate 1,000 prefabricated houses, which cover more than 50,000 sq m with a worth of nearly 20 million yuan ($2.9 million).

More than 500 workers started producing the houses Saturday and finished the first 100 houses Monday, said Wang Zeming, manager of Shenzhen Yahgee Modular House Co Ltd.

Morakot, the worst typhoon to hit Taiwan in nearly five decades, wreaked havoc across central and southern Taiwan.