Last-Minute Challenge
Four years after it was appointed as the host of the 2018 Asian Games at the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) meeting, Indonesia has now entered the last leg of preparations. On Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, the Asian multi-sports competition will kick off.
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The release of pigeons marks the opening of a flash mob campaign that aims to promote Tunjukkan IndonesiaMu (Show your Indonesia), which involves 2,000 dancers wearing traditional Indonesian clothes on Jalan Sudirman, Senayan, Jakarta, on a car-free day, Sunday (12/8/2018). The activity was initiated by the Belantara Budaya Indonesia Foundation in conjunction with the commemoration of the country’s 73rd Independence Day and to welcome the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Four years after it was appointed as the host of the 2018 Asian Games at the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) meeting, Indonesia has now entered the last leg of preparations. On Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, the Asian multi-sports competition will kick off.
By Sunday (12/8/2018), six days before the opening ceremony, physical construction on the venues finished. The main arena is the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) sports complex in Senayan, Jakarta, and the Jakabaring Sports City (JSC) in Palembang, South Sumatra. Other venues are located elsewhere Jakarta and West Java, including Bekasi, Cikarang, Bogor, Bandung, Subang and Majalengka.