Juwono to open photo exhibition

Juwono to open photo exhibition

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Juwono
Sudarsono is scheduled to open a photo exhibition on the student
movement at Bentara Budaya on Jl. Palmerah Selatan, 25 in Central
Jakarta today.

The four-day exhibition has been put together by students from
the University of Indonesia to commemorate Indonesia's 53rd
anniversary of independence, Deny Rahman Saleh, head of the
organizing committee, said.

The exhibition entitled "Witnesses of 1998's student actions"
features photographs of student activities during the downfall of
the New Order government, he said.

A book entitled Post-Soeharto Reform Agenda will also be
launched during the exhibition, he said.

"The book consists of selected writings of experts and
University of Indonesia students," he said in a media statement.

The exhibition will open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Photographs on display will be for sale.

A discussion on photography will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m and
a dialog on press freedom will be held at 1 p.m. on
Wednesday.

The latter will feature Minister of Information M. Yunus
Yosfiah, SCTV's reporting coordinator Sumita Tobing and Sigid E.
Mardeo from Forum Keadilan magazine as speakers. (ivy)