Building Tri Arga/Bung Hatta Palace

Building Tri Arga is a building located in the city of Bukittinggi is the first time is the administrative center of the Republic of Indonesia on the idea of emergency in 1974 .
This incident caused because the Dutch are trying aggression want to divide our nation . To commemorate the services of Bung Hatta , the building was renamed Tri Arga Bung Hatta Palace .


Many of the tourists who visit the town of Bukittinggi , with a distance of about 93 km from north of Padang , West Sumatra , when tourists come there he wondered and almost disbelief about the existence of Bung Hatta Palace .

Which is now located in front of the right front of the Clock Tower , his trade mark high hill . " I just know , if there is a palace in Bukittinggi Bung Hatta . what and how the existence of the palace , I do not know , except that the Bung Hatta , who is now the Vice Presiden.Sejarah almost never got around to where the palace and what Bung Hatta in Bukit Tinggi .
The same fact is also stated Sicily , a high school student from Medan , North Sumatra , who met separately in Bukit Tinggi . " The presence and role of Bung Hatta Palace of Bung Hatta in his hometown , Bukit Tinggi , need to be clarified and included in the lessons of history , that all and every generation knows , " he said .

Ignorance of many people , including people of West Sumatra itself , about the role and presence of Bung Hatta Hatta Palace at Bukit Tinggi , can understand and be understood , because it is rare Indonesian history books explain this .

" We noticed , a lot of important things in the struggle of this nation are deliberately obscured even eliminated for the benefit of the Suharto regime , the ruler ( New Order ) . Includes Hatta role in Sumatra ( Bukit Tinggi ) , " said historian Padang State University , Dr. Mestika Zed MA . Indeed , said Mestika Zed , when Hatta was in Sumatra Indonesia that struggle keberdekaan obtain more international characteristics .