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Finance Minister joins Mannequin Challenge craze
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has joined the latest internet video trend by taking up the so-called mannequin challenge at Padjajaran University (Unpad) in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday.
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati explains the government’s fiscal policies during an interview with The Jakarta Post in Jakarta. On Tuesday, the minister joined the so-called mannequin challenge, an internet video trend, with students from Padjajaran University. (JP/Donny Fernando)
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inance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has joined the latest internet sensation by taking up the Mannequin Challenge at Padjajaran University (Unpad) in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday.
She rose to the challenge after giving a lecture to thousands of students on “A Closer Look at the State Budget".
(Read also: Five must-watch Indonesian Mannequin Challenge clips)
The one-minute video begins at the back of the lecture hall, featuring students standing motionlessly like mannequins, and ends with camera closing in on the minister standing equally still on stage and holding a cardboard reading #SadarAPBN (state budget awareness).
Sri explained on her Facebook page that the lecture was about the state budget, adding that she hoped the next generation would have a sense of ownership in the budget. “Hopefully, in the future, when [these students] become the policymakers or civil servants, they understand where this country is heading." (kes)
