TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The 2018 Asian Games torch relay will start soon from Yogyakarta. The Asian Games flame fire arrived from India at the Adisutjipto Airport Tuesday morning, July 17.
Tonight, the torch flame will be stay at the Aerospace Museum area of Adisutjipto air base. Tomorrow the flame will be moved to The Sultanate Palace Complex.
At the Aerospace Museum, the flame will be combined with the eternal flame from Mrapen Purwodadi, Central Java.
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"The torch flame will be paraded around Yogyakarta on Thursday morning of July 19, 2018," Yogyakarta's assistant of government and people's welfare, Sulistyo, said on Monday.
The Asian Games flame is expected to arrive in Solo at 11:00 am. "The people of Yogya will be the first to see the Asian Games torch before it is carried around Indonesia," he said.
PRIBADI WICAKSONO