Megawati to visit three provinces

Megawati to visit three provinces

GORONTALO, Gorontalo: President Megawati Soekarnoputri is scheduled to make a working visit to the provinces of Central Sulawesi, Gorontalo and North Sulawesi on Saturday and Sunday.

Megawati's itinerary, issued by the Presidential Secretariat on Friday, said the head of state would leave Jakarta on Saturday morning for Tomini Bay via Gorontalo and the Togean Island in Central Sulawesi.

The President will travel to Tomini Bay from Gorontalo aboard the Navy warship, KRI Tanjung Dampele.

Accompanied by Minister of Marine Resources and Fishery Rokhmin Dahuri and Navy chief Adm. Bernard Kent Sondakh, Megawati will dedicate the National Movement for the Development of Marine Resources and Fisheries on Saturday.

Tomini Bay, which belongs to the three provinces, will fall under the management of the Tomini Bay Authority Board (BOTT).

From Tomini Bay, the President will proceed to the North Sulawesi capital, Manado, where she will stay overnight. The morning after Megawati will witness the opening of the extension of a bridge named after her, before moving to Sangihe Island. --Antara