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