Mega, Hamzah to receive well-wishers

Mega, Hamzah to receive well-wishers

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President
Hamzah Haz will hold an open house on Nov. 25, the first day of
Idul Fitri, to receive well-wishers.

Megawati and husband Taufik Kiemas will receive greetings from
the public for two hours starting at 3:30 p.m. at the State
Palace. For ministers and diplomats, however, the open house will
begin at 10 a.m., immediately after the Idul Fitri prayer.

Megawati and Hamzah will attend the Idul Fitri prayer at the
Istiqal Grand Mosque.

Hamzah and wife Asmaniah will receive greetings from
ministers, diplomats and citizens from 9 a.m. through 2 p.m. at
the Vice President's official residence on Jl. Diponegoro in
Central Jakarta.

Later that day, he Haz will hold an open house at the Bogor
Presidential Palace starting at 4 p.m., where the Vice President
will be accompanied by his second wife Titin Kartini.

The first family is slated to leave for Bali on Nov. 26 for a
family holiday that will last until Nov. 30.--JP