Tabloid gives food to its distributors

Tabloid gives food to its distributors

JAKARTA (JP): The weekly tabloid Tekad, in cooperation with the Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation, handed over 1,400 food packages to newspaper sellers in the Greater Jakarta area.

Parni Hadi, chief of the newspaper's editorial board, said the donation was to show the tabloid's gratitude to the newspaper sellers for their role in expanding its circulation.

"No publication can exist without the active role of the newspaper boys and agents," Parni said, adding that his two-month-old tabloid currently had a circulation of about 100,000.

Wen Yue of the Tzu Chi Foundation said that each package consisted of 10 kilograms of rice and one kilogram each of sugar and cooking oil.

Wen said the foundation, which claims to have branches in 29 countries, donated the food, most of it to Muslims, to help those who were suffering from hardship during the current crisis. (hhr)