Blitar new home for Bung Karno Library

Thu, 10 Oct 2002

JAKARTA: National Library chairman Dady P. Rachmananta said a library dedicated to the country's first president, Sukarno, would be built on a one-hectare plot in the East Java district of Blitar, near the founding father's grave.

He said construction of the library would commence in January next year, with his office allocating Rp 45 billion for books and human resource training.

The East Java administration had also pledged Rp 3.5 billion for various facilities in the planned library.

The library consists of books written by Sukarno and other authors about his thoughts and struggle for Indonesian independence. --Antara

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