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EMBASSY OF THE
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
MANILA
185
Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village,
Makati City 1229
Tel.
nos.: (63) 892-5061 to 68 Fax. No.:
(63) 892-5878
PRESS
RELEASE
(001/SOSBUD-PR/X/09)
BATIK DAY
The Republic of Indonesia has one
good reason to celebrate amidst its
onerous situation due to the
earthquake that recently hit the
island of Sumatra a couple of days
ago.
2 OCTOBER 2009 – is dubbed a “BATIK
Day” by President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono in recognition of the
UNESCO’s (United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization) declaration of BATIK
as Cultural Heritage of Humanity
from Indonesia. The inauguration was
done during the UNESCO’s 4th
Meeting of Intergovernmental
Committee of Intangible Heritage in
Abu Dhabi.
President SBY, while on official
trip to the quake-stricken island of
Sumatra, called on his countrymen to
wear BATIK on October 2 to proudly
address the distinction given.
The
Officials and Local staff of
Indonesian Embassy in Manila headed
by H.E. Ambassador Irzan Tandjung
and his wife, Mme. Juliana Carolina
Tandjung, who are just as proud,
adhere to President SBY’s appeal.
Supported by the Embassy’s officials
and local staff, they visited the
office Mr. GION V. GOUNET, ELLD - UN
Ambassador of Goodwill in the
Philippines to pay their courtesy
and gratitude.
Manila, 2 October 2009
H.E. Ambassador Irzan Tandjung
and his wife, Mme. Juliana
Carolina Tandjung, Mr. GION V.
GOUNET, ELLD - UN Ambassador of
Goodwill in the Philippines,
Embassy’s officials and local
staff
