Sukarno library, website to cost Rp 11.5b

Sukarno library, website to cost Rp 11.5b

SURABAYA: The Blitar regency administration in East Java will
cooperate with the National Library to build a library and launch
a website in memory of the country's founding president, Sukarno.

The project is estimated to cost more than Rp 11.5 billion to
be taken from the state budget and Blitar's budget, as well as
funds contributed by donors from various parties.

The website will be launched next month to coincide with the
ceremony to mark the laying of the foundation of the planned
library.

Blitar Mayor Djarot Saiful Hidayat said on Monday the
important features of the website will include the autobiography
and thoughts of Sukarno, the father of President Megawati
Soekarnoputri.

The project was initiated as the nation's founder had always
promoted nationalism and humanism, which are relevant in today's
crisis-plagued country to actualize these noble values, he said.

The library will be built on 4,000-square meters of land in
Bendogerit, Blitar, which was Sukarno's homeland.

Experts of different backgrounds from the Bandung Institute of
Technology (ITB) will be involved in designing the library. --JP