Yudhoyono on a media tour

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is touring the offices of two local media and is scheduled to have a dialogue with journalists on a TV talk show on Wednesday.

Early Wednesday morning Yudhoyono began visiting the office of the country's biggest local newspaper Kompas on Jl. Palmerah Selatan, West Jakarta.

He is scheduled to meet privately with the president director of the Kompas Gramedia Group, Jacob Oetama, after which he will have a meeting with the editorial staff of the Kompas daily and a look around the newsroom.

The President will then head to the offices of Tempo magazine on Jl. Proklamasi, Central Jakarta, where he is scheduled to meet the magazine's editorial staff.

Later in the afternoon, he will have a dialogue with members of the Indonesian Press Council which will be broadcast by state-owned TV station TVRI.