Antara launches anniversary stamps

Antara launches anniversary stamps

JAKARTA: The state-owned news agency Antara said on Friday
that it would host a series of events to celebrate its 65th
anniversary, including the launching of its stamp on Dec. 18.

The news agency said that the events included the showing of a
documentary titled: Fire, Love, Ink Marks that depicts the news
agency's activities over the past 65 years.

It added that a seminar on, the Political and Economic Outlook
for 2003 would feature Vice President Hamzah Haz as the keynote
speaker and Coordinating Minister of Political and Security
Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Coordinating Minister for
the Economy Dorotjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti.

The celebration will also include a writing contest and
launching of a book about President Megawati Soekarnoputri
titled: No Shortcut: The Journey of a Woman.

The news agency is scheduled to display some photographs on
social activities in cooperation with the Ministry of Social
Affairs. --Antara