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        "msgid": "marzuki-endorses-guest-houses-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-08-29 00:00:00",
        "title": "Marzuki endorses guest houses",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Marzuki endorses guest houses JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Marzuki Usman is encouraging city residents to enter the guest house business to help promote the country's tourist industry and earn themselves additional income. \"I dream of more people providing a room in their houses for tourists. They could earn enough money from this activity,\" he told reporters Thursday on a visit to Wisma Garminah, a guest house owned by the widow of the capital's first governor.",
        "content": "<p>Marzuki endorses guest houses<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Marzuki<br>\nUsman is encouraging city residents to enter the guest house<br>\nbusiness to help promote the country's tourist industry and earn<br>\nthemselves additional income.<\/p>\n<p>\"I dream of more people providing a room in their houses for<br>\ntourists. They could earn enough money from this activity,\" he<br>\ntold reporters Thursday on a visit to Wisma Garminah, a guest<br>\nhouse owned by the widow of the capital's first governor.<\/p>\n<p>Marzuki seemed proud as he toured the house, built in the<br>\nJavanese style. Mrs. Soemarno, 84, runs the home located on Jl.<br>\nTaman Kebon Sirih, Central Jakarta, after her husband, Soemarno<br>\nSosroatmodjo, died in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>\"People could imitate Mrs. Soemarno, who is still working at<br>\nher age. She doesn't depend for her livelihood on her sons or<br>\ndaughters,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"People's stay at Wisma Garminah is like staying at an<br>\nIndonesian home,\" said Mrs. Soemarno, who speaks English, Dutch<br>\nand Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>She offers seven standard rooms at a rate of Rp 140,000<br>\n(US$12.4) a night, including breakfast, and three deluxe rooms<br>\nfor Rp 180,000. (jun)<\/p>",
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