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Minister Rudiantara opens up house on Idul Fitri
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Guests take a wefie with Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara (red shirt) on the sidelines of an open house event at Rudiantara's official residence in Jakarta on Wednesday. (The Jakarta Post/mos)
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ommunications and Information Minister Rudiantara hosted an open house event to celebrate the first day of Idul Fitri at his official residence on Wednesday.
The event was held at the Widya Chandra ministerial housing complex in South Jakarta. Rudiantara arrived at 2 p.m. after visiting former president Megawati Sukarnoputri at her house in Menteng, Central Jakarta.
Wearing a red batik with yellow floral motifs, Rudiantara welcomed guests, mostly family members and the ministry’s high-ranking officials.
The ministry’s secretary-general Farida Dwi Cahyarini, director general for public information and communications Niken Widiastuti and director for telecommunications Benyamin Sura were among the guests.
"It's very hot outside," Rudiantara told his guests.
Some 30 minutes later, other guests arrived, including Belgian Ambassador to Indonesia Patrick Herman, legislator Tantowi Yahya, former Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu and actress and television presenter Olga Lydia.
Rudiantara served his guests with traditional Asian and Indonesian dishes, including kebab, dim sum, empal gentong (beef served from a clay barrel) and steamed dumplings.
"The food was prepared by a catering company. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to be involved in the preparation for the meal," Rudiantara told reporters. (mos/vps) (tas)
