[2] He is the younger brother of Eddy Hartono and Hastomo, who were also world class badminton players.

[3] The hard smashing Arbi was arguably the most internationally successful of an impressive cadre of Indonesian singles players who were his contemporaries.

These included Ardy Wiranata, Joko Suprianto, Alan Budikusuma, Hermawan Susanto, and Hendrawan.

[4] Curiously he never won the open singles title of Indonesia which Wiranata dominated in the nineties.

He won the coveted All England Open singles title in 1993 and 1994,[5] and the then biennial IBF World Championship in 1995.