Sukarno exhibition extended

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)