Thu, 22 Jul 1999

AII donates geography books

JAKARTA: The Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) has published 50,000 Australian geography books and plans to distribute 1,000 copies to a number of junior high schools across the country.

The Ministry of Education and Culture in cooperation with the AAI will hold a symposium on Australian geography in Surabaya, Semarang and Palembang in South Sumatra.

Antara said about 100 teachers were expected to attend the events in each of the three cities. Dates of the symposiums were not given. (edt)