Hong Kong has reserved HK$50 million from its Disaster Relief Fund for emergency relief projects linked to mudslides near the Tibet–Nepal border, Chief Executive John Lee said on August 29, 2026. Lee expressed condolences to those killed and sympathy to affected people and victims’ families.
Reports place the disaster around Jilong County and the Jilong Port area in Shigatse, Tibet. They also refer to a mudslide on the Nepalese side of the border, although the reports differ in how they describe the event’s geographic scope.
The Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee was expected to process applications for the allocation quickly. The information supplied did not identify any approved recipients, relief organisations or specific projects, and did not say whether any money had been disbursed.
Star Headline reported that, as of August 27, three people had died and 558 were missing on the Tibetan side. Those figures were reported by the publication and have not been established as the confirmed toll for the wider disaster.
Ming Pao reported that the large-scale mudslide, which began on August 26, had caused hundreds of deaths and left more than 2,000 people missing. Its report did not specify that those figures applied only to Tibet. The reports do not establish whether the sharp difference reflects varying geographic areas, reporting times or estimates.
The next steps are for the advisory committee to consider applications for the HK$50 million allocation. The final distribution of the funding and confirmed death and missing-person figures remain unclear.