132 Riau scouts leave for Malaysia

Sat, 10 Nov 2001

PEKANBARU, Riau: A total of 132 boy and girl scouts from the province left for Malaysia on Friday to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) scout camp meeting being held in the neighboring country.

Azwar, coach of the Riau contingent, said the ASEAN camp meeting, which would run for five days from Nov. 10 until Nov. 14, 2001 was expected to enhance brotherhood and cooperation among member countries' scouts.

"We are leaving for Malaysia to represent Indonesia," he said before boarding the ship transporting them to the Malaysian city of Johor.

Before the contingent's departure, Pekanbaru Mayor Herman Abdullah asked the scouts to act as "ambassadors" to promote Indonesia among the meeting's participants. --Antara

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