Mega to visit Lake Toba

MEDAN: President Megawati Soekarnoputri will visit North Sumatra on Sunday to witness the signing of a declaration on the management of the Lake Toba ecosystem and to attend the ground- breaking ceremony of a monument erected to honor her father, the late Sukarno, the country's founding father.

North Sumatra Governor Rizal Nurdin said on Friday that the declaration would be signed by nine regents whose regencies were situated around Lake Toba.

The monument, to be erected around 100 meters from Late Toba, will be 28 meters high. -- Antara