TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A wax figure of President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo will be featured in Madame Tussauds Hong Kong next year. Palace staff said that a team from the wax museum met with the president who agreed with their proposal.
"The team met with the President and held an interview, took pictures. The plan is to make a wax figure [of Jokowi] for the museum," the State Palace's spokesperson Johan Budi SP said in Jakarta, Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Bisnis Indonesia reported.
In a joint press conference with Madame Tussauds Hong Kong general manager Jenny You and the Indonesian Consulate General for Hong Kong Tri Tharyat, Johan said Widodo wants his wax figure to "appear natural", as the actual man usually does. Johan also said Jokowi was surprised by the offer.
"The President wants to look as he normally would—wearing his every-day, rolled white shirt," Jenny said.
Meanwhile, Jenny said that President Jokowi was chosen to be immortalized in the wax museum based on a survey that was done in the past year on visitors..
"The wax figure creation process will take about six months," Jenny said.