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)