Cultural dinner set for APEC group

JAKARTA (JP): The City Culture Office will present two traditional dances at a dinner hosted by Governor Surjadi Soedirdja to welcome APEC delegates at Fatahilah Museum in West Jakarta on Nov. 13.

"We will present the Merak dance from West Java and the Ngarojeng dance of the Betawi people of Jakarta at the Fatahilah Museum Square," I Nyoman Wedhana S, an official of the office, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.

He explained that the Merak dance will be performed by 10 dancers, while Ngarojeng dance will be presented by 30 dancers.

In a related development, an executive of TriComm communication company, said that the city administration is publishing a book that contains information on business and culture to introduce the capital to APEC delegates and foreign reporters.

"The book is basically intended for the foreign press. As the book is intended for republication, it is printed in a press release format," said Jennifer Ehrman of TriComm, the firm which compiled the book.

She explained that the book was published under the initiative of the City Tourism Office and was sponsored by a number of private companies. It is available at the media center at the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center.

A staff member of the City Tourism Office said that the book will be distributed to all delegates along with other brochures on the city's tourist attractions at the diner party. (yns)