President to attend Xmas celebration

Sat, 21 Dec 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President
Hamzah Haz are scheduled to attend a national Christmas
celebration here on Dec. 27.

The chairman of the event's organizing committee, Pranowo,
said after meeting with Megawati on Friday that the celebration
would be held at the Jakarta Convention Center.

"The VIPs will celebrate Christmas with about 10,000
Christians," Pranowo said during a press conference.

He said that as part of the celebration the committee would
donate humanitarian aid to victims of the Mt. Papandayan
explosion. --JP

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