S'pore to send aid to Maluku

S'pore to send aid to Maluku

AMBON, Maluku: The Singaporean Red Cross will send about 8,000
packages of basic commodities to Maluku this December, the deputy
chief of the Red Cross in Jakarta, Nico Pieter, said on Tuesday.

The Singaporean Red Cross is deeply touched by the plight of
the province's poor as a result of the economic crisis, he said.

The food packages will be distributed to all needy people on
Ambon and Ternate islands. (rms)