Six children leave for S'pore

Six of the brightest children of the Tiara Putra Foundation are scheduled to leave tomorrow for Singapore for a three-day visit, an executive of the foundation said.

Chairperson of the foundation, Mrs. Halimah Bambang Trihadmodjo, daughter-in-law of President Soeharto, said besides visiting various recreation areas, the children will visit Singapore's Bedok North Primary School where they will observe school activities.

Tiara Putra, which celebrated its 11th anniversary on Sept. 28, 1994, is a social foundation, focusing its activities on child adoption. The foundation nurtures underprivileged children in provinces throughout Indonesia, except East Timor.

Sending the children abroad is the second trip of its kind, organized by Tiara Putra in cooperation with Singapore Airlines. The first was carried out last year.

Mrs. Halimah said the children to be sent to Singapore were selected by a very strict process of checking their school records and average achievements during one whole year.

The projects is intended to give children the opportunity to experience traveling on an airplane to a foreign place and exchanging experiences with their counterparts in Singapore. (hhr)