SBY takes 8-hour road trip to Atambua
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 02/10/2011 10:31 AM
President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono are taking a bullet-proof
car to ply the 300-kilometer road from Kupang to Atambua in East Nusa Tenggara
on Thursday.
Presidential
security guards, local military officers, police, the Air Force and other
relevant officers have taken measures to provide tight security en route, Antara
reported.
The Air Force
has also provided a helicopter at Haliwen Airport in Atambua for the President
and First Lady.
Ani and
SBY will inaugurate an education center called Rumah Pintar (smart house) in
Atambua, situated in front of the official residence of the local military commander,
near a public square in the heart of the town.
The President
will then travel to Tobir hamlet, around 11 kilometers southeast of Atambua, to
visit the infantry battalion command headquarters he once led.
Yudhoyono
and the first lady are scheduled to spend the night in Atambua.
