Megawati to travel overland to Soe

Megawati to travel overland to Soe

SOE, East Nusa Tenggara: President Megawati Soekarnoputri will
have to make her planned trip from the provincial capital Kupang
to the Southeast Timor city of Soe by land, instead of by
helicopter, due to bad weather, said a local official on
Thursday.

"President Megawati has expressed her willingness to travel by
land because she also wants to distribute aid directly to the
schools and the poor along the route," said spokesman of the East
Nusa Tenggara administration Johanis Kosapilawan. The land trip
from Kupang to Soe would take about three hours, he added.

Chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
Megawati will be attending her party's 30th anniversary
celebrations in Soe, the capital of Southeast Timor regency.

During the one-day visit, she will also launch a nationwide
greening project to encourage people to plant trees. The local
government plans to plant 100,000 trees in the village of
Nifukoli in Soe. -- JP