Soap opera stars to tie the knot

JAKARTA: Actress-model Shirley Margaretha and actor Rey Donald Kaligis will tie the knot after a two-year courtship.

"Initially, we planned to throw the wedding party this August, but I decided to postpone it until the end of the year because I'm very busy and have to wait for my younger sister, who will be flying in from Germany in October," she said on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old said she has not thought of anything special for her wedding because she is too busy with work.

"I just want to have a simple wedding party in Jakarta," said Shirley, who has a three-year-old daughter, Darryl Jovanka.

Shirley has starred in several soap opera series, including private television channel TV7's Dewa Cinta and SCTV's Opera Jakarta, is the widow of David Herry Prabowo, whom she married in 1998 and divorced in 1999.

Rey, the son of well-known lawyer O.C. Kaligis, made a name for himself in Opera Jakarta. -- JP