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S'€™pore Lee treats Jokowi to '€˜nasi lemak'€™ for breakfast

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong invited President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to breakfast on Saturday morning, shortly before Jokowi left the neighboring country after attending his son’s graduation day

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Sat, November 22, 2014

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S'€™pore Lee treats Jokowi to '€˜nasi lemak'€™ for breakfast

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ingaporeanPrime Minister Lee Hsien Loong invited President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo to breakfast on Saturday morning, shortly before Jokowi left theneighboring country after attending his son'€™s graduation day.

According to Kompas.com, Lee posted a photograph on his Facebook account showing him having breakfast with Jokowi, commenting, '€œHad breakfast with President Joko Widodo and his wife, Iriana, this morning. They were here for their son'€™s graduation from ACS (International). We had Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak [rice steamed with coconut milk] from Adam Road and Roti Prata [fried bread] from Madras New Woodlands. See us tucking in!'€

Many Indonesians responded to the photograph, thanking Lee for being so nice to the President, while many Singaporeans also praised Jokowi for being so natural while having breakfast.

Jokowi and his wife Iriana attended the graduation ceremony of their third son, Kaesang Pengarep, from Singapore's Anglo-Chinese School (International) school in private. However, according to security protocols, a group of security officers was nevertheless sent to flank the President.

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