Mega, Hamzah to hold open house

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri will open the State Palace on the first day of Idul Fitri to receive greetings from the public, according to a state announcement on Thursday.

The event will be conducted on Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. after the President, accompanied by her husband Taufik Kiemas and their family, take part in Idul Fitri prayers at Istiqlal Grand Mosque.

Megawati entertain legislators, diplomatic corps, government officials and police and military officers between 10:30 and 12 p.m. on Sunday at the State Palace.

Vice President Hamzah Haz and his wife Ismaniah will also pray at Istiqlal and then receive the public in his official residence on Jl. Diponegoro No. 2 in Jakarta from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Later in the afternoon, the Vice President is scheduled to hold a similar shindig at the Bogor Palace from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.--JP