36 candidates to go pageant final

JAKARTA: A total of 18 pairs of candidates will participate in the Abang None pageant final, slated for Aug. 8 at Jakarta Convention Center, Senayan, Central Jakarta.

The candidates were selected through preliminary contests in the city's five municipalities and the Thousand Islands regency.

Head of the City Tourism Agency Aurora Tambunan told the media on Monday that all contestants were currently quarantined at the Pencak Silat dormitory, East Jakarta, for further assessment.

Aurora said that the winning pair would receive cars as prizes and scholarships to undertake masters degrees in the UK.

She added that the finalists had been selected from around 1,400 pairs who had participated in the preliminary rounds. Each municipality and regency is represented by three pairs of candidates. -- JP