Formal inaugural ceremony of Soekarno-Hatta statue

(picture taken from : www.geocites.com)

Today 29 August 2007, the Soekarno-Hatta statue will be formally inaugurated by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 10.00 am. It will be officially stand up beside the highway of Soekarno-Hatta (the highway to the Sukarno-Hatta airport) exactly in the middle of Sheraton Hotel garden.

The statue was made from bronze and it was made on Soenaryo Studio in Bandung for eight months. Meanwhile the foundation of the statue takes time about six month to make it.

According to Alfon (the chairman of Soekarno-Hatta statue project) Soekarno's statue will be in standing position with the right hand forefinger pointing to the front of airport exit, meanwhile Hatta's statue will be holding a book in his left hand.

The statue will be standing on top of the foundation which was equip with black marble ceramic 4.8 meter in height, 5.2 meter in width, and 4.6 meter in length. The total weight of the statue is 7 ton, with height nearly 7.2 meter, and width dimension 4.4 meter.

According to Muhammad Wasfan (the speaker for PT Angkasa Pura II), "The statue will be the symbol of Indonesia for the International world". I myself feel very proud of the statue and I do hope it will make a good symbol for Indonesia :)