REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will symbolically inaugurate an ASEAN journalism education and training center in Palembang, South Sumatra province, while attending the commemoration of the National Press Day in the Bengkulu Province on February 9.

Chairman of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) Margiono met the President at the Presidential Office here on Monday, to report the preparations for the commemoration of the National Press Day 2014.

Margiono explained that 75 journalists from the ASEAN member countries will arrive in Bengkulu to attend the inauguration of the training center, which will coincide with the National Press Day commemoration.

Permanent Secretary of the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) Akhmad Kusaeni noted that a workshop for the ASEAN journalists will be held in Palembang, between February 10 and 12, following the inauguration of the training center. The three-day workshop themed "Bringing ASEAN Closer to Hearts and Minds of the People" will be organized.