Telkom staff donate foodstuffs

BANDUNG: Employees of PT Telkom, the state telecommunications company, have agreed to put aside part of their monthly salary as a donation to the poor.

Telkom president A.A. Nasution said the company had collected Rp 200 million from its 37,000 staff this month.

The money will be used to buy foodstuffs which will be given to the needy free of charge, Nasution said after supervising the distribution of food packages yesterday.

Each packet, worth about Rp 13,500, contained 4 kilograms of rice, 1 kg of sugar and one liter of cooking oil.

Nasution did not say how long the arrangement would continue. (43)