Clinton visits USAID-sponsored toilets in Petojo

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Thu, 02/19/2009 5:31 PM  |  Jakarta

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited on Thursday a toilet-provision project sponsored by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Petojo Utara in Central Jakarta as part of her two-day visit to Indonesia.

Tempointeraktif.com reported Clinton arrived at the subdistrict after she had met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

During a press conference at the neighborhood Junior High School 38, Clinton said  she had planned this brief visit as part of her people-to-people approach to diplomacy.

“Through this kind of interaction, I can find out what the public feels and can encourage them to better their quality of live,” she said.

Due to her tight schedule, Clinton failed to attend a cooking demonstration  housewives living in the area had organized not did she taste the food they had prepared.

At 1:30 p.m., she left the subdistrict and headed to Halim Perdanakusuma airport to continue on with her official trips to South Korea and China. (ewd)
 

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