Govt urges patience on adoptions

People wishing to adopt quake orphans should remain patient while the authorities make every possible effort to reunite children separated from their parents, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday.

"The process of adopting earthquake orphans will start in accordance with laws after the situation in disaster areas stabilizes and the children's status is confirmed," the ministry said in a press statement.

"At the moment, we are trying our best to reunite children with their parents before we register any of them as orphans."