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Sri Mulyani swarmed by guests during Idul Fitri open house

Viriya P. Singgih (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sun, June 25, 2017

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Sri Mulyani swarmed by guests during Idul Fitri open house Finance Minister Sri Muyani Indrawati (third right) and husband Tonny Sumartono (right) welcome guests at her official residence in Jakarta during an Idul Fitri celebration on Sunday. (JP/Viriya P. Singgih)

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inance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati had to cater to hundreds of guests during an open house at her official residence during this year’s Idul Fitri.

The former World Bank managing director held an open house gathering on Sunday morning—the first day of Idul Fitri—at the Widya Chandra ministerial housing complex in South Jakarta.

Sri Mulyani arrived at11:26 a.m. after attending the Eid prayer and greeting tax officials at the Taxation Directorate General headquarters.

For most of the open house event she stood in the living room and greeted almost 200 guests one by one, accompanied by her husband, economist Tonny Sumartono.

On the sidelines of the gathering, Sri Mulyani set aside some time to take pictures with some guests and take some “wefies” with journalists and answer questions.

"In terms of money circulation, I guess most of the people will spend a large amount of cash, particularly within the next week. We certainly hope that in the future, society will gradually become more cashless," Sri Mulyani said during a five-minute interview at midday.

She then continued mingling with the guests and only stopped for a while for personal business at around 12:15 p.m.

"Can we do this later? She [Sri Mulyani] hasn't even gone to the restroom since she arrived," Tonny told reporters who wanted to interview her again.

At around 1:30 p.m., the minister departed to Tangerang to pay a visit to Tonny's family, without even eating any lunch that she had served to her guests. (tas)

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