E. Timor awaits Soeharto's visit

E. Timor awaits Soeharto's visit

DILI, East Timor: President Soeharto is expected to visit the province some time next year to dedicate a large statue of Christ at a cape about five kilometers from here.

The statue will stand at the top of a hill overlooking the sea. Workers are now constructing the road towards the site while the statue itself is being designed and built by students of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).

The source of the information, who asked to remain anonymous, did not say when the statue would be dedicated.

The hoped for visit, if it comes to pass, will be the third by Soeharto since East Timor's integration with Indonesia in 1976. The first two visits were in 1978 and 1988. (yac/emb)