Caltex scholarships for poor students

PEKANBARU, Riau: As many as 39,000 disadvantaged students will receive scholarships this year from the Caltex oil company and the Riau Kedepan Foundation, Antara reported on Thursday.

Deputy general manager of PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia Tengku Amir Sulaiman, said on Wednesday another 3,000 students would also receive assistance in a joint scheme with the Chevron Texaco Foundation.

On Tuesday, some 1,500 university students attacked and vandalized a Caltex housing complex in Rumbai, 10 kilometers north of here. They also set 29 cars on fire, vandalized a bar in the complex and stoned office windows. The students said they were frustrated by a rejection of their demand for a 10 percent share of oil exploitation revenue from the United States-based company.