Kuwait provides scholarship

AMBON, Maluku: The government of Kuwait, through the Dubai- based Darul Birr Organization, is offering a scholarship for Moslem youths wishing to study Arabic at the Muhammadiyah Makasar University in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi.

Harun Awad of the university's student body told Antara here Saturday the organization will pay for the students' tuition for two years. Maluku residents can apply through the student body's office at Jl. Sultan Baabullah No. 9 in Ambon.

Those who graduate will be assigned as preachers and imams of mosques in Eastern Indonesia. (swe)