Japan-RI students to hold campfire

JAKARTA (JP): The Japanese School in cooperation with Al-Azhar junior high school will hold the 18th Japan-Indonesia Friendship Campfire at Park Hotel in Sawangan, to the south of here this evening.

Under this program, some 160 students from the Japanese junior high school and another 160 SMP Al-Azhar students will undertake goodwill activities around a bonfire under the supervision of their teachers.

The campfire outing is intended to promote and further strengthen mutual understanding between students of the two countries, according to a statement of the Japanese Embassy.

This activity is part of the various programs of the Japan- Indonesia Friendship Festival '95 scheduled to be held from Oct. 3 through 29.

The festival is aimed at contributing to establishing new bases for friendly and cooperative relations in hailing the 21th century through better mutual understanding, with emphasis on cultural aspects. (hhr)