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)