Rotary Int'l chief to visit here

Rotary Int'l chief to visit here

JAKARTA (JP): The president of Rotary International, Herb
Brown, is scheduled to arrive here on Jan. 5, 1996 for a four-day
visit in connection with Rotary's involvement in the polio
eradication program in Indonesia.

Tjoet Rachman, chairperson of the organizing committee for the
visit said yesterday that Brown is expected to share knowledge
and discuss the progress of the programs with Indonesian
officials.

According to Brown, for Indonesia's routine polio immunization
programs from 1987 to 1992 Rotary International granted a total
of US$9,072,400, and another $1 million for the National
Immunization Drives in September and October.

Abidin Kartasubrata, the chairman of Indonesia Polio Plus
National Committee of Rotary International said Rotary had also
donated 5,000 thermos bottles to keep polio vaccine, 10,000 T-
shirts, 12,000 posters, 5,000 brochures, 100 banners, 3,000
stickers and 500 signs. "This list does not include individual
donations from Rotary clubs in the country," he said. (sur)