President inaugurates libraries

President inaugurates libraries

SURABAYA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri inaugurated 50
libraries across the archipelago via video linkup from Cirebon
regency on Friday.

Two of the libraries were in Sumenep, Guluk-guluk subdistrict,
and Blitar, Sumberejo district, both in East Java. The libraries
were built by the Blitar and Sumenep regental governments in
cooperation with telecommunications company PT Telkom.

The regental governments provided the land, while Telkom built
the two buildings at a total cost of Rp 300 million.

Besides building the libraries, the company also donated 2,400
books.

Megawati will also inaugurate a number of projects worth a
total of Rp 124.2 billion in the restive province of Aceh on
Sunday.

The President is also scheduled to hold talks with local
Muslim scholars, said Thantawi Ishak, a local government official
in Aceh. -- Antara