'Keroncong' breaks Tugu people's isolationBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): Arthur Michiels, 26, displayed an old phonograph record released in 1972 in the Netherlands.

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Betawi programs become favorite JAKARTA (JP): Rano Karno, producer and actor of the popular television series Si Doel Anak Sekolahan (Doel, the Graduate), was upset to discover that the series had been pirated abroad.

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TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fresh with Berty Tilarso 7:40 Cartoon: Vicky The Viking 8:05 Culture Program 8:35 Children's Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Search For The World 11:45 Sports: Dari ...

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Homestay Craze: Worth the Money? I am writing concerning the June 4 article titled The Homestay Craze: Worth the Money? in The Jakarta Post.

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Battered body of Kuta waiting for 'Ngaben' to lure touristsBy Rob Goodfellow DENPASAR (JP): Some time between the early 1970s and the mid 1980s, the area around the Balinese seaside village of Kuta Beach, from Bemo Corner to the coconut groves of Legian, reached its zenith as a bottom of the ...

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Benyamin Sueb helps preserve Betawi cultureBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Benyamin Sueb, popularly known as Benyamin S., a rather ordinary seeming Betawi (indigenous Jakartan) man was catapulted into stardom with the humorous lyrics of a song titled Ondel-Ondel.

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Dam project As a person from Jatirogo, I was very pleased and proud upon learning that a dam would be built in Dingil village, Jatirogo subdistrict, Tuban regency, East Java.

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Diverse cultures, musical styles meet at Bamboo Music FestivalText by Dini S. Djalal Photos by Mulkan Salmona UBUD, Bali (JP): Musicians often say that music is something that is felt and difficult to quantify.

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Indonesian gold exhibition now on in ParisBy Kunang Helmi-Picard PARIS (JP): A total of 71 artifacts belonging to the National Museum in Jakarta, mainly made of gold, are on display in Paris until the end of July.

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Scientists detect long-elusive geneBy Susan Milius Washington (UPI): Ending a fitful scientific race spanning nearly two decades, an international team of researchers announced Thursday they have found a gene that plays a role in a wide range of cell functions and which may increase the risk ...

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Wimbledon court memoriesBy Russell Barlow JAKARTA (JP): I count myself lucky to be one of the few to fulfill every tennis player's dream to play on the Center Court at Wimbledon, the world's oldest and most revered tennis tournament.

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Tracing Old Jakarta through photographs a thrilling experienceBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): The voyage of Lawrence Blair and his brother the late Lorne Blair around the Indonesian archipelago in the 1970s traced Alfred Russell Wallace's 19th Century journey, as recorded in the latter's Malay ...

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The VisitorBy Yunizar Nassyam I was washing my father's bedclothes at the well when I heard a knock at the front door.

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Female paranormal I am interested in the story printed in your daily on June 11, page 8, about Retno Widati, a female paranormal specializing in sexual problems. But I don't know her address in Jakarta.I hope you could give her address to me.

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Women are not preventing birth defectsBy Susan Milius Washington (UPI): Although the U.S. Public Health Service nearly two years ago recommended folic acid for women to dramatically reduce birth defects of the spinal column and brain, only 10 percent to 15 percent of women even know about ...

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'Die Hard 3' makes your heart beat a little harderBy Meidyatama Suryodiningrat JAKARTA (JP): "How could the same thing happen to the same person three times?"Bruce Willis does not say that line in the third installment of the Die Hard movie series, but he should.

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Soeharto opens Bali art festival JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto opened yesterday the 17th Balinese art festival in Denpasar, calling Indonesians to be careful in facing the negative impact of foreign culture.

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Never underestimate the address booksBy Myra Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): A friend once asked me which book I would bring if I was exiled to a remote island and was allowed only one book.

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Yayuk Basuki sets sights on Wimbledon quarterfinalsBy Bruce Emond Jakarta (JP): Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki wants to take her career one step further at Wimbledon this year by becoming the first Asian woman to reach the quarterfinals of the world's most prestigious tournament.

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Culion: the island of the "last generation" of lepersBy Rene Flipo CULION, Philippines (AFP): Culion, the Philippine's "Lepers Island," is seeking to forget its past despite the sufferers who still inhabit its streets. It may soon do so.

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Drawings cast new light on painter's careerBy Sarah Murray JAKARTA (JP): "The struggle of the Indonesian people to drive out the Dutch colonial government cannot be freed from the struggle and development of painting." So wrote noted artist and critic F.X.

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For the hottest gossip, press one! JAKARTA (JP): Answering machines, though a decade late, are taking Indonesia by storm! Now you have to get used to talking to the machines.

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Humorous insight Your By the Way column in the Sunday Post is one of the most entertaining I have read anywhere. I encourage you to collect the best of those pieces and to publish them in a book (if you can find the paper to print it on).

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Antidepressants named as cause of heart attacks PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, USA (UPI): Some antidepressants may increase the risk of heart disease, researchers said early this week.

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Where are the Betawi headed? Jakarta, which celebrated its 468th anniversary last week, is a melting pot of various ethnic groups from almost all parts of the country.

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Development pushes Betawi to the outskirts JAKARTA (JP): If anyone has fallen victim to the current development drive, the Betawi people have. The more development projects go on in the nation's capital, the further they are pushed from the homes of their ancestors.

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