Asian Games Preparation Nearly to Completed

Jakarta, Feb, 19—Vice President Jusuf Kalla says Indonesia Government expects to finish all the preparation for the Asian Games by June 2018. As the event will be held from August 12 to September 2, all the sporting venues which in Jakarta and Palembang city has not faced any serious obstacle.

“We have completed 90 percent of construction projects of sport venues in Jakarta, and all others located elsewhere are already completed,” he said.

All the sporting venues has been tested from Feb 8-15, Kalla noticed some places need to be improved, he said. Indonesia was awarded as host for the 18th Asian Games after Vietnam, the original host retreated for the economic reason.