Red Cross has new members

Red Cross has new members

JAKARTA (JP): Chairperson of the Indonesian Red Cross Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana has sworn in 4,000 students as new members of the Adolescent Red Cross.

The 4,000 Red Cross members, who were sworn in at the East Jakarta mayoralty office on Friday, are students of 168 elementary and high schools in East Jakarta.

Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, the eldest daughter of President Soeharto, also swore in 200 new members of the Red Cross disaster prevention team.

At the oath taking ceremony, the newly inaugurated volunteers, consisting of members of the neighborhood organization, Karang Taruna, the PKK family welfare and education movement and the Hansip civil defense team, demonstrated how to rescue disaster victims. (25)