Julia Roberts in Balikpapan<\/p>\n
BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan (JP): "Pretty Woman" Julia Roberts
\nwas in Balikpapan over the weekend rubbing shoulders with the
\ninhabitants of the Wana Riset Semboja orangutan rehabilitation
\ncenter.<\/p>\n
She arrived here Friday with a crew from Tigress Productions
\nto do a documentary on preserving orangutans.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old actress who became a Hollywood star after her
\nrole in the 1990 blockbuster Pretty Woman, led a nine-strong crew
\nfrom the production company to protected forest in Wain River and
\nto the Wana Riset Samboja Reintroduction Center, 38 kilometers
\nfrom Balikpapan.<\/p>\n
Tracking her down proved quite a chore as she ducked the press
\nand used an alternate name, E. Peele Jr., while staying at the
\nDusit Inn Hotel.<\/p>\n
"She's been staying in our presidential suite since Friday,"
\nUlly, a hotel staffer, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.<\/p>\n
The presidential suit costs US$650 a night.<\/p>\n
"This is a very private visit, and no press coverage is
\nallowed," Ully said.<\/p>\n
Security personnel zealously ushered journalists away.<\/p>\n
"Leave her alone please. Do not take any pictures," one of her
\nbodyguards told journalists when Roberts arrived at the hotel.<\/p>\n
She is scheduled to leave here today.<\/p>\n
The focus of Roberts visit is the orangutan center in the
\nKutai National Park.<\/p>\n
The center takes orangutans which have been kept as pets and
\ntrains them to live in the wild again so they can be returned to
\nthe jungle.<\/p>\n
It costs about Rp 3 million (US$1,070) to rehabilitate an
\norangutan and over 250 orangutans have been returned to the
\njungle since 1991.<\/p>\n
Roberts visited earlier the Tanjung Puting National Park in
\nCentral Kalimantan before flying to Balikpapan on a chartered
\nflight.<\/p>\n
More information on her visit was scarce and hotel operators
\nrefused to connect outsiders calling her room. (42\/prb)<\/p>",
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