Indonesian city Palembang embraces Asian Games as golden opportunity

While Jakarta may be staging most of the events at the Asian Games in Indonesia, for the people of cohost Palembang, its smaller share of the spotlight is still a golden opportunity to raise the profile at home and abroad of the South Sumatra city and its food culture.Banners and posters of the Asian Games, the second biggest multisport event after the Olympics, festoon the capital of the province, more than 400 kilometers from the Indonesian capital. The games, which opened on Saturday, are being held in two cities for the first time ever in the history of the games.While some venues are e…READ FULL ARTICLE