PLA garrison aids relief after typhoon hits Macao

About 1,000 troops from the People's Liberation Army Garrison in Macao were mobilized on Friday to support disaster relief efforts after typhoon Hato struck the Macao Special Administrative Region. This marks the first time the PLA garrison in Macao was deployed on a local mission.

The mobilization came at the request of the Macao SAR government and was approved by the central government in accordance with the Basic Law of the Macao SAR and the Garrison Law of the Macao SAR.

"We give our full support to the SAR government in protecting the lives and properties of Macao people, in a bid to restore normality as soon as possible," Deputy Chief of Staff of the PLA Garrison in Macao Gao Zhijun said on Friday.