Thu, 26 Jun 1997

Singaporeans on civic mission

JAKARTA: About 30 polytechnic students from Singapore recently went on a six-day civic mission to Sungai Kecil village in Riau, Antara reported yesterday.

They helped repair the village's elementary school, using 30,000 Singapore dollars from Singapore's National Youth Council and the Bintan resort's management.

The youths had been on a similar mission for two weeks in the municipality of Batam.