SEI aids fight against fires

SEI aids fight against fires

JAKARTA (JP): SEI Industries Ltd. of Canada donated a package
of fire-fighting equipment to the Ministry of Forestry and
Plantations on Thursday to help the ministry in its efforts to
extinguish the forest fires in East Kalimantan.

The package, comprising a set of fire-fighting buckets and
supporting equipment, was handed over by SEI's sole agent in
Indonesia, PT Vithras Sakti Utama, to the Director General of
Forest Protection and Nature Preservation Soemarsono.

Soemarsono said the donation demonstrated the support from
foreign and private companies in helping the government put out
the fires. (gis)