Elementary school students get milk

Elementary school students get milk

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The United States government
distributed on Saturday free milk for 21,300 elementary school
students in Makassar.

The country manager of the U.S.-based Land O'Lake Indonesia-
USA, Matchu Craos, said the milk would be given to the students
three times a week for nine months.

He said the free milk program was part of a country program
that had been going on since 2000. The program targets children
in 70 regencies and cities in nine provinces across the country.

The U.S. government has pledged to maintain the program in
2004.

"However, there will be a 30 percent reduction in its value,"
Matchu said.

In Makassar, the program will end in October 2003. -- Antara