Hatta's Neglected Intellectual Monuments
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
A library is indeed the best institution to serve as a memorial for Bung Hatta's feats. But the fate of Hatta libraries in Yogyakarta as well as in Bukittinggi is worse than that of simple monuments.
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Above the ravine at Bukittinggi life has never changed. The walls of the building, erected in the Minangkabau (West Sumatran) architectural style, is still moss-covered, the zinc roof has rusted and the garden is full of tall wild grass. It's not easy to find the building, as it's located below a highway. What makes it different is just a small name-plate on the entrance door: "Mohammad Hatta Library"—a name synonymous not only with the birth of
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