Lavish ceremony for 3-day development award event
Lavish ceremony for 3-day development award event
JAKARTA (JP): A total of 500 performers will present an
operatic show to 20,000 spectators during a ceremony to
mark the presentation of the highest development award, the
Parasamya Purnakarya Nugraha, by President Soeharto to Governor
Surjadi Soedirdja tomorrow.
"We're going to have a three-day celebration from Saturday on
to express our gratitude," Djoko Broto Surjono, the organizer of
the event, said yesterday.
The Jakarta administration will also ask residents to fly the
nation's flag on Saturday to express their delight in the award.
Parasamya is the award given to provinces for outstanding
achievement in the national development program during a period
of five years.
Four hundred dancers from studios throughout Jakarta will
perform Gebyar Parasamya (the Parasamya Hurrah) for the
dignitaries and other people attending the event.
A number of well-known performers and comedians will also take
part in the ceremony, which will be broadcast on state-owned
TVRI's Programa 2 station.
Parachutists
As many as 30 professional parachutists will descend with
banners in the middle of Saturday morning's ceremony.
"We've been waiting for this for 20 years," Djoko said,
referring to the previous bestowing of the award on East Java
(1974), Central Java (1979), West Sumatra (1984) and West Java
(1989).
He said that ministers, foreign ambassadors, legislators,
religious leaders, business people, informal leaders, artists,
civil servants and military officers, as well as representatives
of professional associations and youth groups, are invited to the
ceremony.
"They're residents of Jakarta, so we invite them to share our
joy," he said, adding that the official ceremony will be followed
by another ceremony at the City Council.
"It's like marrying off our children. Maybe it is only once in
a lifetime," he said with a laugh.
He added that another party will take place on Saturday night
in the back part of the City Hall compound on Jl. Kebon Sirih,
Central Jakarta. Food, a shadow puppet show and dangdut music
performances will be offered to the public.
He said that dozens of organizations, including the three
existing political groups, PPP, PDI and Golkar, will take part in
a parade on Sunday to carry the award from the governor's office
through the South, East, North, West and Central Jakarta
mayoralties.
"We just want to show the people that we're proud of the
success of development in the capital," said Djoko, who heads
Jakarta's Inspector's Office. (09)