'Abang-None' reaches finals

'Abang-None' reaches finals

JAKARTA: The annual 'Abang and None' pageant, which is held to
pick a pair of the city's "cultural and tourism ambassadors",
will reach its final stage on July 18 at the Jakarta Convention
Center.

Tourism agency head Aurora Tambunan said that the organizer
had recruited judges for the final, including elected member of
the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) Biem Triani Benyamin,
who is Betawi (native Jakartan).

"For the first time we have also recruited a foreigner, John
Jascula, chairman of the Jakarta International Hotels Association
and manager of JW Marriott Hotel, as a judge," she was quoted as
saying by the city administration's official news portal
beritajakarta.com on Friday.

The team of judges will be led by Margani Mustar, head of the
city's middle and higher education agency, also Betawi.

The eighteen pairs of young Jakartans who have reached the
final are from Jakarta's five municipalities and the Thousand
Islands regency. -- JP