Sukarno exhibition extended

JAKARTA (JP): The huge number of visitors at the Sukarno art collection exhibition has forced the organizers to extend the event by one month to Oct. 15.

A release from the organizers said the number of visitors had reached 150,000 since the opening on Aug. 14 by President Megawati Soekarnoputri, Sukarno's oldest daughter.

The exhibition, which is being held at Gedung Pola on Jl. Proklamasi 56, Central Jakarta, is displaying some of Sukarno's collection, including paintings, batik, statues, Chinese ceramics, kris, photographs of Sukarno at various events and drafts of his speeches.

The event is part of the centennial commemoration of the birth Sukarno, country's founding father, who was born on June 6, 1901.

Gedung Pola was Sukarno's house where he and former vice president Muhammad Hatta declared Indonesia's independence on Aug. 17, 1945. (yan)