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        "id": 1487021,
        "msgid": "palace-ready-to-welcome-susilo-1447899208",
        "date": "2004-10-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "Palace ready to welcome Susilo ",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Palace ready to welcome Susilo Fabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta The Presidential Palace received a major makeover on Monday ahead of the inauguration of president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday. Susilo, unlike outgoing President Megawati Soekarnoputri, plans to reside at the palace. Workers have renovated the president's office and a waiting room for journalists. \"There are no problems.",
        "content": "<p>Palace ready to welcome Susilo<\/p>\n<p>Fabiola Desy Unidjaja<br>\nThe Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential Palace received a major makeover on Monday ahead <br>\nof the inauguration of president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono <br>\non Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Susilo, unlike outgoing President Megawati Soekarnoputri, <br>\nplans to reside at the palace. Workers have renovated the <br>\npresident's office and a waiting room for journalists.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are no problems. The security, protocol and household <br>\narrangements are all ready,\" outgoing State Secretary Bambang <br>\nKesowo said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The President's secretary, Kemal Munawar, said there were <br>\nongoing discussions with Susilo's team regarding preparations for <br>\nthe transition.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are keeping in touch to welcome the new president,\" Kemal <br>\ntold The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n<p>According to the schedule for the renovation work, Susilo may <br>\nhave to stay in the Wisma Negara (State Guest House) for several <br>\ndays before moving in to Merdeka Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is just in case further adjustments are needed at  <br>\nMerdeka Palace,\" a member of the presidential secretariat said.<\/p>\n<p>Merdeka Palace is the official residence of Indonesian <br>\npresidents. However, only founding president Sukarno and former <br>\npresident Abdurrahman \"Gus Dur\" Wahid resided at the palace <br>\nduring their terms.<\/p>\n<p>Susilo's new office in the palace is complete, and Megawati <br>\ntried it out when she chaired her last Cabinet meeting on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The office used to be a museum before being renovated for <br>\nMegawati. The renovation work finished last year, but Megawati <br>\nhad not used the office until Monday.<\/p>\n<p>During most of her three years in office, Megawati worked from <br>\nthe State Palace because she refused to use former president <br>\nSoeharto's office.<\/p>\n<p>A waiting room for the press, located about 300 meters from <br>\nthe president's office, is also ready.<\/p>\n<p>\"Journalists will stay in the room and will only be allowed to <br>\nenter the president's office for press conferences,\" an official <br>\ntold the Post.<\/p>\n<p>\"Since this is also the president's residence, we have to <br>\nlimit the movement of journalists and other guests for security <br>\nreasons.\"<\/p>",
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